Sponsor
Charles Roy
Representative · R-TX
Representative · R-TX
The bill trades modest federal payroll savings and clearer procedural rules plus increased leadership turnover and opportunities for newer representatives against the risk of losing experienced institutional leadership and potentially reducing legislative effectiveness, with only limited budgetary benefit.
Voters and challengers: By limiting extra committee/leadership pay and restricting leadership for Members with ≥12 years, the bill increases turnover and creates opportunities for newer representatives.
House and Senate operations: Enacting the provision as each chamber's procedural rule clarifies implementation and reduces legal ambiguity about how the change is applied.
Taxpayers: Ending additional committee or leadership pay for Members with ≥12 years reduces federal payroll costs.
Voters and government oversight: Restricting leadership eligibility risks losing institutional expertise and experience, which could weaken legislative effectiveness and congressional oversight.
Members of Congress: Long-serving lawmakers lose compensation and leadership roles, which may deter experienced legislators from remaining in or seeking leadership positions.
Taxpayers: The fiscal savings are likely small relative to the federal budget, and forced leadership changes could produce transitional costs and short-term inefficiencies.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Members who reach 12 cumulative years in a chamber become ineligible for certain statutory pay and specified committee chair/leadership positions.
Official title: To prohibit a Member of Congress from serving as chair or ranking minority member of a committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate after 12 years of service in the House or the Senate, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 9, 2026 by Charles Roy · Last progress June 9, 2026
Prohibits Members of the House, Senate, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner who have served 12 or more cumulative years in a single chamber from receiving specified congressional pay and leadership benefits once they reach that service threshold. The restrictions include certain compensation payments and eligibility to serve as chair or ranking member of committees or to hold enumerated House and Senate leadership offices, and are adopted as standing House and Senate rules beginning with the One Hundred Twenty-First Congress and every Congress thereafter. The measure is short (two sections): it names the Act and then describes the prohibitions, ties the rule changes to each chamber's rulemaking authority, and specifies the start point for enforcement (the One Hundred Twenty-First Congress onward).