Title: Preventing Future Shutdowns Act of 2019
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
Preventing Future Shutdowns Act of 2019
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any of the regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect.
If appropriations have not been provided to federal agencies prior to the beginning of a fiscal year, the bill provides specified appropriations to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1124 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1124

   To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for continuing 
appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2019

Mr. DesJarlais introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for continuing 
appropriations in the absence of regular 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 ``Preventing Future Shutdowns Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:
``Sec. 1311. Continuing appropriations
    ``(a) In General.--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 money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to continue any program, 
project, and activity for which funds were provided in the preceding 
fiscal year--
            ``(1) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for 
        such preceding fiscal year;
            ``(2) 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 fiscal 
        year; or
            ``(3) if the corresponding regular appropriation bill or a 
        joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year did 
        not become law, in the most recently enacted joint resolution 
        making continuing appropriations for part of that fiscal year 
        or any funding levels established under the provisions of this 
        Act.
    ``(b) Level of Appropriation.--Appropriations and funds made 
available, and authority granted, for a program, project, and activity 
for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of 
operations--
            ``(1) with respect to any non-defense discretionary 
        account, of 95 percent of the rate of operations provided for 
        that account in the appropriations measure providing for such 
        program, project, or activity for the preceding fiscal year; 
        and
            ``(2) with respect to any defense discretionary account, of 
        100 percent of the rate of operations provided for that account 
        in the appropriations measure providing for such program, 
        project, or activity for the preceding fiscal year.
    ``(c) Timing of Appropriations and Authority Granted.--
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 date on which the applicable regular 
appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law or a continuing 
resolution making appropriations becomes law.
    ``(d) Terms and Conditions of Appropriations or Authority 
Granted.--An appropriation of 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 program, project, 
and activity under current law.
    ``(e) Extent of Appropriations.--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 program, 
project, and activity.
    ``(f) Continuation of Appropriations.--If this section is in effect 
at the end of a fiscal year, funding levels shall continue as provided 
in this section for the next fiscal year.
    ``(g) Expenditures.--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 
program, project, and activity for such period becomes law.
    ``(h) Exception for Certain Projects or Activities.--This section 
shall not apply to a program, project, and 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 program, project, and 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 program, project, and activity to continue 
        for such period.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Defense discretionary account.--The term `defense 
        discretionary account' means any discretionary account that 
        provides appropriations for--
                    ``(A) the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) the Department of Homeland Security;
                    ``(C) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
                    ``(D) military construction;
                    ``(E) projects or activities related to veterans 
                affairs; or
                    ``(F) the Department of Energy defense activities.
            ``(2) Non-defense discretionary account.--The term `non-
        defense discretionary account' means any discretionary account 
        other than defense discretionary accounts.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 13 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1310 the following:

``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any lapse of appropriation beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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