Title: End Government Shutdowns Act
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
End Government Shutdowns Act
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2593 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 242
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2593

    To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic 
                        continuing resolutions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2019

  Mr. Portman introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                            October 15, 2019

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic 
                        continuing resolutions.

    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 Government Shutdowns Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

    (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)(1) If an appropriation measure for a fiscal year with respect 
to a program, project, or activity is not enacted before the beginning 
of such fiscal year and a bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations is not in effect with respect to the program, project, 
or activity, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
continue the program, project, or activity if funds were provided for 
the program, project, or activity in the preceding fiscal year--
            ``(A) in the corresponding appropriation Act for such 
        preceding fiscal year; or
            ``(B) if the corresponding appropriation bill for such 
        preceding fiscal year did not become law--
                    ``(i) in a bill or joint resolution making 
                continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal 
                year; or
                    ``(ii) under this section.
    ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), appropriations and 
funds made available, and authority granted, for a program, project, or 
activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be at a 
rate of operations not in excess of the lower of--
            ``(i) 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in 
        the regular appropriation Act providing for such program, 
        project, or activity for the preceding fiscal year;
            ``(ii) in the absence of such an Act, 100 percent of the 
        rate of operations provided for such program, project, or 
        activity pursuant to a bill or joint resolution making 
        continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year;
            ``(iii) in the absence of such a bill or joint resolution, 
        100 percent of the rate of operations provided for such 
        program, project, or activity under this section for such 
        preceding fiscal year; or
            ``(iv) 100 percent of the annualized rate of operations 
        provided for in the most recently enacted bill or joint 
        resolution making continuing appropriations for part of a 
        fiscal year.
    ``(B) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget 
authority was provided for the previous fiscal year in appropriations 
Acts, under a law other than this section providing continuing 
appropriations for such previous year, or under this section, and for 
activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, appropriations and 
funds made available during a fiscal year under this section shall be 
at the rate necessary to maintain program levels under current law, 
under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act.
    ``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a program, 
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 (whether or not such law provides for such program, 
project, or activity) or a bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for such program, project, or activity becomes law, as 
the case may be.
    ``(4) Notwithstanding section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)) and the 
timetable in section 254(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 904(a)), for any 
fiscal year for which appropriations and funds are made available under 
this section, the final sequestration report for such fiscal year 
pursuant to section 254(f)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 904(f)(1)) and any 
order for such fiscal year pursuant to section 254(f)(5) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 901(f)(5)) shall be issued--
            ``(A) for the Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after 
        the date on which all regular appropriation Acts for such 
        fiscal year or continuing appropriations through the end of 
        such fiscal year have been enacted; and
            ``(B) for the Office of Management and Budget, 15 days 
        after the date on which all regular appropriation Acts for such 
        fiscal year or continuing appropriations through the end of 
        such fiscal year have been enacted.
    ``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority 
granted, for a program, 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, or activity under current law.
    ``(c) Expenditures made for a program, 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, or activity 
for such period becomes law.
    ``(d) This section shall not apply to a program, 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 program, 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 program, project, or activity to continue 
        for such period.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 242

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2593

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic 
                        continuing resolutions.

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                            October 15, 2019

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar