Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2806

Official text excerpt

119 S2806 PCS: Eliminate Shutdowns Act 
 U.S. Senate 
 2025-09-16 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 II Calendar No. 161 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2806 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 15, 2025 Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read the first time September 16, 2025 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To provide for automatic continuing appropriations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Shutdowns Act . 2. Automatic continuing appropriations (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1311. Automatic continuing appropriations (a) For purposes of this section— (1) the term lapse in appropriations means a time period during which— (A) the applicable full-year appropriation Act for a program, project, or activity has not been enacted for the current fiscal year; (B) the program, project, or activity was provided funding in the preceding applicable appropriation Act; and (C) no continuing appropriation Act is in effect for such program, project, or activity; and (2) the term preceding applicable appropriation Act means— (A) the most recent continuing appropriation Act enacted; or (B) if no continuing appropriation Act has been enacted for the current fiscal year, the most recent applicable full-year appropriation Act (including a full-year continuing appropriation Act) enacted for the immediately preceding fiscal year (excluding any supplemental appropriation Act). (b) (1) On and after the first day of each fiscal year, if a lapse in appropriations occurs with respect to a program, project, or activity, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary, at the rate for operations as provided in the preceding applicable appropriation Acts under the authorities and conditions provided in such Ac…

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