[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 83 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                         Calendar No. 5
113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 83

   To provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally 
                          responsible manner.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                            January 28, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally 
                          responsible manner.

    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 ``Government Shutdown Prevention Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal 
year does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year or a 
joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect the 
following provisions shall take effect as provided:
            (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall fully pay principal 
        and interest on the debt of the United States held by the 
        public.
            (2) Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits shall 
        be fully paid and new enrollees shall be accepted.
            (3)(A) If the defense appropriations bill has not been 
        enacted, the Department of Defense--
                    (i) shall operate at 90 percent of the level of 
                funding for the preceding fiscal year, except for 
                funding for overseas contingencies in Iraq and 
                Afghanistan which shall be funded at 100 percent of the 
                preceding fiscal year levels; and
                    (ii) is authorized pay all military personnel at 
                the full level of pay.
            (B) Civilian employees of the Department of Defense based 
        in the United States will be paid at the same rate as other 
        Federal employees provided in paragraph (4)(B).
            (4) The employees of any agency of the Federal Government 
        not funded shall--
                    (A) report for business as normal; and
                    (B) when funding is provided, be paid at 75 percent 
                of their salaries for the time worked while under the 
                provisions of this section.
            (5) If any agency is not funded, Congress and the Executive 
        Office of the President may only operate at 50 percent of the 
        level of funding for the preceding fiscal year.
            (6) Subject to subsection (c) and if any agency is not 
        funded, Members of Congress and the President shall not receive 
        salary during the period the agency is not funded and are not 
        eligible for back pay for such period.
            (7) For all other non-personnel accounts not funded by a 
        regular appropriations bill or a joint resolution making 
        continuing appropriations--
                    (A) such functions shall operate at \2/3\ of the 
                level of the preceding fiscal year;
                    (B) savings from the application of subparagraph 
                (A) shall be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit;
                    (C) no funds shall be expended to carry out the 
                provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                Care Act (Public Law 111-148); and
                    (D) no funds shall be expended for any abortion or 
                provided to any nongovernmental organization that 
                promotes or performs abortion.
    (b) Effective Period.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, this section shall apply until the date on which the 
applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law 
or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a)(6) shall not take effect until 
the first day of the next Congress beginning after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
                                                         Calendar No. 5

113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 83

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                                 A BILL

   To provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally 
                          responsible manner.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 28, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar