119-S499

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 499

1. Short title
2. Automatic continuing appropriations

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2025".

2. Automatic continuing appropriations

(a) In General - Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:

1311. Continuing appropriations

(a)

(1) - On and after the first day of each fiscal year, if an appropriation Act for such fiscal year with respect to the account for a program, project, or activity has not been enacted and continuing appropriations are not in effect with respect to the program, project, or activity, there are appropriated, at the rate for operations specified in paragraph (2), such sums as may be necessary to continue the program, project, or activity if funds were provided for the program, project, or activity during the preceding fiscal year—

(A) - in the corresponding appropriation Act for such preceding fiscal year; or

(B) - if the corresponding appropriation bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become law, in a law making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.

(2)

(A) - Subject to subparagraph (C), appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the lower of—

(i) - 94 percent of the rate of operations provided for in the regular appropriation Act providing for such program, project, or activity for the preceding fiscal year;

(ii) - in the absence of such an Act, 94 percent of the rate of operations provided for such program, project, or activity pursuant to a law making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year; or

(iii) - 94 percent of the annualized rate of operations provided for in the most recently enacted law making continuing appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding levels established under the provisions of this section,

(B) - If this section is in effect at the end of a fiscal year, funding levels shall continue as provided in this section for the next fiscal year.

(C) - For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided for the previous fiscal year in appropriations Acts, under a law other than this section providing continuing appropriations for such previous year, or under this section, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, appropriations and funds made available during a fiscal year under this section shall be at the rate necessary to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act.

(3) - Appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a program, project, or activity shall be available for the period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the date on which the applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not such law provides for such program, project, or activity) or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be.

(4) - During any period during which amounts are being made available under this section, the head of each agency, office, or other establishment to which such amounts are being made available shall apportion such amounts in the same proportion as amounts made available to the agency, office, or other establishment were apportioned during the previous fiscal year.

(b) - An appropriation or funds made available, or authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made or funds made available for the preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such program, project, or activity under current law.

(c) - Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for those programs, projects, or activities that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of a fiscal year for which funding is made available under this section because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs, projects, or activities funded by this section that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.

(d) - Expenditures made for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation bill or a measure making continuing appropriations until the end of a fiscal year providing for such program, project, or activity for such period becomes law.

(e) - This section shall not apply to a program, project, or activity during a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—

(1) - makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or grants authority for such program, project, or activity to continue for such period; or

(2) - specifically provides that no appropriation shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall be granted for such program, project, or activity to continue for such period.

(b) Clerical Amendment - The table of sections of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1310 the following new item: