I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1255 
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2011 
Mr. WOMACK (for himself and Mr. WOODALL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition 
to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Admin-
istration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown 
Prevention Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER 
OF FISCAL YEAR 2011. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLA-
TION FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER 
OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.—If the House has not received 
a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating 
that it has passed a measure providing for the appropria-
tions for the departments and agencies of the Government 
for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of 
H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, 
are hereby enacted into law. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF ACT.—In publishing this Act in 
slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pur-
suant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the 
Archivist of the United States shall include after the date 
of approval, if applicable, an appendix setting forth the 
text of the bill referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) TREATMENT OF MEMBERS DURING A GOVERN-
MENT SHUTDOWN.—The Secretary of the Senate and the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House, respectively, 
shall not disburse to each Member or Delegate the amount 
of his or her salary for each day that— 
(1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap-
propriations for any Federal agency or department 
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as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria-
tions bill or continuing resolution; or 
(2) the Federal Government is unable to make 
payments or meet obligations because the public 
debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, has been reached. 
(b) TREATMENT OF THE PRESIDENT DURING A GOV-
ERNMENT SHUTDOWN.—The President shall not receive 
a disbursement of basic pay for any period in which— 
(1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap-
propriations for any Federal agency or department 
as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria-
tions bill or continuing resolution; or 
(2) the Federal Government is unable to make 
payments or meet obligations because the public 
debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, has been reached. 
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