SPA Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
- IntroducedDec 22, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Shutdown Prioritization Act or the SPA Act
This bill prohibits operation of an exercise facility for Members of the House of Representatives or the Members' Dining Room in the U.S. Capitol during a government shutdown. After the shutdown ends, furloughed employees of such facility or dining room must be compensated at their standard salary for the period of the shutdown.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Dec 22, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2018Introduced in House
- Dec 22, 2018Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H10593.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the operation of an exercise facility for Members of the House of Representatives or the Members' Dining Room in the United States Capitol during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SPA Act
- Shutdown Prioritization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
