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Government Shut Down Prevention Bill...
Has been introduced and will have one hour of debate:
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1255
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 30, 2011
Mr. WOMACK (for himself and Mr. WOODALL) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition
to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House
Administration, and 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
A BILL
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, 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 ‘Government Shutdown Prevention Act of
2011’.
SEC. 2. FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.
(a) Deadline for Consideration of Legislation Funding the Government
for the Remainder of Fiscal Year 2011- If the House has not received a
message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has
passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the departments
and agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011,
the provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011,
are hereby enacted into law.
(b) Publication of Act- In publishing this Act in slip form and in the
United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include
after the date of approval, if applicable, an appendix setting forth
the text of the bill referred to in subsection (a).
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE
PRESIDENT.
(a) Treatment of Members During a Government Shutdown- The Secretary of
the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House,
respectively, shall not disburse to each Member or Delegate the amount
of his or her salary for each day that--
(1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any
Federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a
regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; or
(2) the Federal Government is unable to make payments or meet
obligations because the public debt limit under section 3101 of title
31, United States Code, has been reached.
(b) Treatment of the President During a Government Shutdown- The
President shall not receive a disbursement of basic pay for any period
in which--
(1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any
Federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a
regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; or
(2) the Federal Government is unable to make payments or meet
obligations because the public debt limit under section 3101 of title
31, United States Code, has been reached.
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