Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedSep 4, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities that were funded in the preceding fiscal year.
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 the appropriations process has not been completed.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 4, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Sep 4, 2025 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Sep 10, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Nov 10, 2025 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 24, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 4, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 4, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Sep 4, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 5
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 S2159 | James Lankford R-OK | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1905 | John Kennedy R-LA | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1751 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6966 | James Lankford R-OK | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6443 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Sep 9, 2025 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-47 | TSA MODERNIZATION: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON KEY SECURITY AND TRAVEL REFORMS 25 YEARS AFTER 9/1168 pages | Homeland Security Committee | May 20, 2026 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2806 | Eliminate Shutdowns Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2025 |
| S 4632 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026 | Related bill | Jun 1, 2026 |
| HR 5130 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Sep 4, 2025 |
| HR 5552 | Eliminate Shutdowns Act | Related bill | Sep 23, 2025 |
| HR 5870 | Prevent Government Shutdowns Act | Related bill | Oct 31, 2025 |
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, to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 4, 2025Introduced 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.
