3.0.0 6863 2019-11-15T20:47:10Z 2019-11-15T20:47:10Z House H HR 2008-09-10 110 hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-10T14:07:36Z Preventing Government Shutdown Act of 2007 110 3508 HR 2007-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. Related bill CRS Government Shutdown Prevention Act 110 3583 HR 2007-09-19 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. Related bill CRS Government Shutdown Prevention Act 110 2070 S 2007-09-20 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380. Related bill CRS 2008-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2008-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 N Economics and Public Finance Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Budget process Department of the Interior Executive agency funding and structure General public lands matters Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-09-10 Introduced in House 2008-10-29T15:38:22Z Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for automatic continuing appropriations if any regular appropriation for a fiscal year (or, if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium) does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect.

Appropriates amounts necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year: (1) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for such preceding fiscal year; or (2) if such legislation did not become law, then in the joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.

Requires the appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted, for any fiscal year for a project or activity to be available for the period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of: (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not such law provides for such project or activity) or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be; or (2) the last day of such fiscal year.

Declares that this Act imposes no prohibition on the expenditure of funds: (1) to prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public lands pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or to conduct an oil shale lease sale; (2) by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore preleasing, leasing, and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in specified areas; or (3) by the Department to conduct oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.

]]> Government Shutdown Prevention Act Short Titles as Introduced Government Shutdown Prevention Act Display Title Government Shutdown Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced To prevent Government shutdowns. Introduced in House 2008-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6863ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6863ih.xml 2008-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. text/xml EN 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.