Title: End Federal Shutdowns Act of 2018
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
End Federal Shutdowns Act of 2018
This bill provides specified continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any regular appropriations bill for a fiscal year has not become law before the beginning of the fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. The appropriations are provided to continue to fund projects and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5313 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5313

   To provide for automatic continuing appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2018

  Mr. Brooks of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Labrador, Mr. 
   Sanford, and Mr. Harris) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for automatic continuing appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Federal Shutdowns Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

    (a) Amendment to Title 31.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 1311. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does 
not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year or a joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect, there is 
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any 
project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding 
fiscal year--
                    ``(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation 
                Act for such preceding fiscal year; or
                    ``(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation 
                bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become law, 
                then in a joint resolution making continuing 
                appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.
            ``(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
        authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal 
        year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of operations 
        not in excess of the rate of operations provided for in the 
        regular appropriation Act providing for such project or 
        activity for the preceding fiscal year, or in the absence of 
        such an Act, the rate of operations provided for such project 
        or activity pursuant to a joint resolution making continuing 
        appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.
            ``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
        authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section 
        for a project or activity shall be available for the period 
        beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and 
        ending with the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the date on which the applicable regular 
                appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law 
                (whether or not such law provides for such project or 
                activity) or a continuing resolution making 
                appropriations becomes law, as the case may be, or
                    ``(B) the last day of such fiscal year.
    ``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority 
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with 
respect to the appropriation made or funds made available for the 
preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such project or 
activity under current law.
    ``(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to 
this section shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for 
such project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year for 
which this section applies to such project or activity.
    ``(d) Expenditures made for a project or activity for any fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable 
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation 
bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations until the 
end of a fiscal year providing for such project or activity for such 
period becomes law.
    ``(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other than an 
authorization of appropriations)--
            ``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
        grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
        such period, or
            ``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
        made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
        be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
        period; or
    ``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `regular appropriation 
bill' means any annual appropriation bill making appropriations, 
otherwise making funds available, or granting authority, for any of the 
following categories of projects and activities:
            ``(1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies 
        programs.
            ``(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
        judiciary, and related agencies.
            ``(3) The Department of Defense.
            ``(4) The government of the District of Columbia and other 
        activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
        of the District.
            ``(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
        and Education, and related agencies.
            ``(6) The Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
        sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
        and offices.
            ``(7) Energy and water development.
            ``(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
            ``(9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.
            ``(10) Military construction.
            ``(11) The Department of Transportation and related 
        agencies.
            ``(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, 
        the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent 
        agencies.
            ``(13) The legislative branch.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 202(e)(3) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``and on or before September 
30'' before ``of each year''.
    (c) Chapter Analysis.--The analysis of chapter 13 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 1310 the following new item:

``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.
    (d) Effect of Amendments.--Nothing in the amendments made by this 
subsection shall be construed to affect Government obligations mandated 
by other law, including obligations with respect to Social Security, 
Medicare, and Medicaid.
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