Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 27, 2019 Read twice and referred to the 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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any of the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
The bill also limits official travel, congressional recesses or adjournments, and the consideration of legislation that is unrelated to appropriations after the beginning of a fiscal year if all of the regular appropriations bills for the year have not been enacted.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to Jun 18, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jun 18, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2080 | James Lankford R-OK | Mar 28, 2019 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46878 | Permissible and Prohibited Uses of Campaign Funds: Frequently Asked Questions and Policy Overview | Report | Aug 18, 2021 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1877 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 12, 2019 |
| S 3009 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 11, 2019 |
| S 4461 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2020 | Related bill | Aug 6, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to complete regular appropriations.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Members of Congress
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Transportation costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
