HR 1164 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Government Shutdown Prevention Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor James Lankford R-OK

Latest action · Mar 14, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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.

IntroducedMar 14, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents a federal government shutdown.)

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2013 to Oct 23, 2013; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-MT	Steve Daines	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Mar 14, 2013
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Mar 20, 2013
I-MI	Justin Amash		Mar 20, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Mar 20, 2013
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Mar 20, 2013
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Apr 11, 2013
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Oct 15, 2013
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Oct 23, 2013

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Appropriations Committee	Referred Mar 14, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Discharge petition H6644	—	Oct 16, 2013
House	Debate and remarks H6548, H6559, H6561, H6564Discharge petition H6569	Keith Ellison D-MN, Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Suzanne Bonamici D-OR	Oct 12, 2013
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1443	Chris Van Hollen D-MD	Oct 4, 2013

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1428.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41948	Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals Archived	Report	Aug 20, 2015

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 29	End Government Shutdowns Act	Related bill	Jan 22, 2013
HRES 372	Providing for the consideration of legislation to reopen the Government.	Related bill	Oct 12, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions.
Short Titles as Introduced: Government Shutdown Prevention Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House

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