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To prevent the shutdown of the Federal Government.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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introduced the following bill; which was read twiceand referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To prevent the shutdown of the Federal Government.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown
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Prevention Act’’.
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.
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(a) I
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G
ENERAL
.—Chapter 13 of title 31, United
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States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310
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the following new section:
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‘‘§1311. Continuing appropriations
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‘‘(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal
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year (or, if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium)
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does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal
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year or a joint resolution making continuing appropria-
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tions is not in effect, there are appropriated, out of any
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
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out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and
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funds, excluding any budget authority designated as an
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emergency or temporary funding for projects or activities
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that are not part of ongoing operations, to such sums as
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may be necessary to continue any project or activity for
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which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year—
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‘‘(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation
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Act for such preceding fiscal year; or
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‘‘(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation
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bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become
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law, then in a joint resolution making continuing ap-
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propriations for such preceding fiscal year.
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‘‘(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and
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authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal
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year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of oper-
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ations not in excess of the lower of—
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‘‘(A) the rate of operations provided for in the
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regular appropriation Act providing for such project
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or activity for the preceding fiscal year; or
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‘‘(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of
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operations provided for such project or activity pur-
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suant to a joint resolution making continuing appro-
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priations for such preceding fiscal year.
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‘‘(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and
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authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this sec-
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tion for a project or activity shall be available for the pe-
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riod beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropria-
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tions and ending with the earlier of—
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‘‘(A) the date on which the applicable regular
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appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law
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(whether or not such law provides for such project
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or activity) or a continuing resolution making appro-
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priations becomes law, as the case may be; or
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‘‘(B) the last day of such fiscal year.
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‘‘(4) This section shall not provide funding for a new
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fiscal year to continue any project or activity which is
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funded under the provisions of this section at the end of
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the preceding fiscal year until the enactment of a regular
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appropriation Act or joint resolution making continuing
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appropriations for such project or activity during such new
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fiscal year.
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‘‘(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or au-
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thority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year
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pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and
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conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made
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or funds made available for the preceding fiscal year, or
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Senator Mark Udall's Government Shutdown Prevention Act
Full text of Sen. Mark Udall's bill to prevent a government shutdown.
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