Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 8, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2019
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports to Congress when a government shutdown is in effect. The reports must include details regarding the costs and economic effects of the shutdown, including estimates of
- lost economic output,
- the decrease in gross domestic product for the quarter,
- assistance that the Small Business Administration was unable to provide,
- revenue that the National Park Service (NPS) lost due to the closure of NPS lands and historic sites, and
- revenue lost due to the effects on tourism and travel to and within the United States.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Feb 28, 2019; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 3, January 8, 2019, page H285.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports during the period in which a Government shutdown is in effect on the effects of the shutdown on the economy and the costs of the shutdown to taxpayers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced 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.
