Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011
Latest action · Apr 8, 2011 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 30.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 7, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 - Declares that, if any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of the fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations (continuing resolution) is not in effect: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury shall fully pay principal and interest on the federal debt held by the public; and (2) Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits shall be fully paid and new enrollees shall be accepted.
Declares also that, if the defense appropriations bill has not been enacted, the Department of Defense (DOD) shall operate at 90% of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year, except for funding for overseas contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, which shall be funded at 100% of the preceding fiscal year levels. Authorizes DOD to pay all military personnel at the full level of pay.
Requires federal employees of unfunded agencies to: (1) report for business as normal; and (2) be paid, when funding is provided, at 75% of their salaries for the time worked while under the requirements of this Act. Requires DOD civilian employees based in the United States also to be paid at 75% for the same period.
Limits Congress and the Executive Office of the President to operation at 50% of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year during a period that any agency is not funded.
Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving salaries or back pay during the period an agency is not funded.
Requires all other non-personnel accounts not funded by a regular appropriations bill or a continuing resolution to operate at 2/3 of the level of the preceding fiscal year. Dedicates the use of savings from this reduction to reduce the federal budget deficit. Prohibits expenditure of any funds during such a period to: (1) carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (2) pay for any abortion, or (3) be provided to any nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 7, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Original | Apr 7, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2011Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 30.
- Apr 7, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Apr 7, 2011Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Members of Congress
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Social security and elderly assistance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2011Placed on Calendar Senate
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