ACCESS Act

Bill: 113-hr-3664
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-05
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Public contracts and procurement

Public-private cooperation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Allowing Commerce to Continue in the Event of Successive Shutdowns Act or the ACCESS Act - Prohibits any federal department or agency from preventing a private business from operating during a government shutdown (i.e., a lapse in appropriations due to a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution)&nbsp;if the business is located on property leased by the business from the federal government. </i /></i /></i /></i /></i /></i /></i /></p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3664 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 2013 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit the Federal Government from preventing a private business from operating during a Government shutdown on Federal property leased by the business from the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Allowing Commerce to Continue in the Event of Successive Shutdowns Act or the ACCESS Act . 2. Prohibition on preventing private businesses from operating on leased Federal property during Government shutdown (a) Prohibition No Federal department or agency may prevent a private business from operating its business during a Government shutdown if the business is located on property leased by the business from the Federal Government. (b) Definition In this Act, the term Government shutdown means a period of a lapse in appropriations for any Federal department or agency as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.