Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-83
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-01-23
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive Office of the President

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Medicaid

Medicare

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2013 - Declares that, if any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of the fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations (continuing resolution) is not in effect: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury shall fully pay principal and interest on the federal debt held by the public; and (2) Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits shall be fully paid and new enrollees shall be accepted.</p> <p>Declares also that, if the defense appropriations bill has not been enacted, the Department of Defense (DOD) shall operate at 90% of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year, except for funding for overseas contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, which shall be funded at 100% of the preceding fiscal year levels. Authorizes DOD to pay all military personnel at the full level of pay.<br> </p> <p>Requires federal employees of unfunded agencies to: (1) report for business as normal; and (2) be paid, when funding is provided, at 75% of their salaries for the time worked while under the requirements of this Act. Requires DOD civilian employees based in the United States also to be paid at 75% for the same period.</p> <p>Limits Congress and the Executive Office of the President to operation at 50% of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year during a period that any agency is not funded.</p> <p>Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving salaries or back pay during the period an agency is not funded.</p> <p>Requires all other non-personnel accounts not funded by a regular appropriations bill or a continuing resolution to operate at 2/3 of the level of the preceding fiscal year. Dedicates the use of savings from this reduction to reduce the federal budget deficit. Prohibits expenditure of any funds during such a period to: (1) carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (2) pay for any abortion, or (3) be provided to any nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion.<br> </p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 5 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 83 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read the first time January 28, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally responsible manner.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2013 . 2. Government shutdown prevention (a) In general If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect the following provisions shall take effect as provided: (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall fully pay principal and interest on the debt of the United States held by the public. (2) Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits shall be fully paid and new enrollees shall be accepted. (3) (A) If the defense appropriations bill has not been enacted, the Department of Defense— (i) shall operate at 90 percent of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year, except for funding for overseas contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan which shall be funded at 100 percent of the preceding fiscal year levels; and (ii) is authorized pay all military personnel at the full level of pay. (B) Civilian employees of the Department of Defense based in the United States will be paid at the same rate as other Federal employees provided in paragraph (4)(B). (4) The employees of any agency of the Federal Government not funded shall— (A) report for business as normal; and (B) when funding is provided, be paid at 75 percent of their salaries for the time worked while under the provisions of this section. (5) If any agency is not funded, Congress and the Executive Office of the President may only operate at 50 percent of the level of funding for the preceding fiscal year. (6) Subject to subsection (c) and if any agency is not funded, Members of Congress and the President shall not receive salary during the period the agency is not funded and are not eligible for back pay for such period. (7) For all other non-personnel accounts not funded by a regular appropriations bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations— (A) such functions shall operate at 2/3 of the level of the preceding fiscal year; (B) savings from the application of subparagraph (A) shall be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit; (C) no funds shall be expended to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ); and (D) no funds shall be expended for any abortion or provided to any nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion. (b) Effective period Except as otherwise provided in this section, this section shall apply until the date on which the applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law. (c) Effective date Subsection (a)(6) shall not take effect until the first day of the next Congress beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.

January 28, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar