Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends chapter 13 of title 31 USC to add Section 1311 establishing automatic continuing appropriations, provides the text of new Section 1311 as it would appear in title 31 USC, and establishes restrictions on Congress and executive branch during automatic continuing appropriation periods. It relies on appropriations and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Government Operations and Budget and Appropriations.
Who Benefits and How
Federal employees could face reduced risk, Federal program beneficiaries could face reduced risk, and Federal contractors could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Members of Congress would take on compliance duties, OMB employees would take on compliance duties, and Congressional staff would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends chapter 13 of title 31 USC to add Section 1311 establishing automatic continuing appropriations.
- Provides the text of new Section 1311 as it would appear in title 31 USC.
- Establishes restrictions on Congress and executive branch during automatic continuing appropriation periods.
- Creates technical budgetary provisions to integrate automatic continuing appropriations into the existing budget enforcement framework.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends chapter 13 of title 31 USC to add Section 1311 establishing automatic continuing appropriations, provides the text of new Section 1311 as it would appear in title 31 USC, and establishes restrictions on Congress and executive branch during automatic continuing appropriation periods.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Budget and Appropriations
Primary Purpose
The bill amends chapter 13 of title 31 USC to add Section 1311 establishing automatic continuing appropriations, provides the text of new Section 1311 as it would appear in title 31 USC, and establishes restrictions on Congress and executive branch during automatic continuing appropriation periods.
Policy Domains
Automatic Continuing Appropriations (Sec. 2)
Identified Gains
- Federal employees
- Federal program beneficiaries
- Federal contractors
- The appropriations process
- Congress
Identified Costs
- Members of Congress
- OMB employees
- Congressional staff
- CBO and OMB
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cornyn, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Budget enforcement process, CBO and OMB, Congress
Positive-direction: Federal contractors, Federal employees, The appropriations process
Negative-direction: CBO and OMB, Congress, Congressional staff, Members of Congress, OMB employees
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "omb"
- → Office of Management and Budget
- "agency_heads"
- → Heads of federal agencies
- "omb_employees"
- → Officers and employees of OMB
- "members_of_congress"
- → Members of Congress and their staff
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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