[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3664 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3664

 To prohibit the Federal Government from preventing a private business 
from operating during a Government shutdown on Federal property leased 
              by the business from the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2013

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from preventing a private business 
from operating during a Government shutdown on Federal property leased 
              by the business from the Federal Government.

    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 ``Allowing Commerce to Continue in the 
Event of Successive Shutdowns Act'' or the ``ACCESS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PREVENTING PRIVATE BUSINESSES FROM OPERATING ON 
              LEASED FEDERAL PROPERTY DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal department or agency may prevent a 
private business from operating its business during a Government 
shutdown if the business is located on property leased by the business 
from the Federal Government.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Government shutdown'' 
means a period of a lapse in appropriations for any Federal department 
or agency as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations 
bill or continuing resolution.
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