[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7398 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7398

 To prohibit the operation of an exercise facility for Members of the 
  House of Representatives or the Members' Dining Room in the United 
  States Capitol during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 2018

  Mr. Foster introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the operation of an exercise facility for Members of the 
  House of Representatives or the Members' Dining Room in the United 
  States Capitol during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Shutdown Prioritization Act'' or the 
``SPA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING OPERATION OF MEMBER EXERCISE FACILITY OR MEMBERS' 
              DINING ROOM DURING SHUTDOWN.

    (a) Prohibition.--During a Government shutdown, the Architect of 
the Capitol may not operate--
            (1) an exercise facility for Members of the House of 
        Representatives; or
            (2) the Members' Dining Room in the United States Capitol.
    (b) Compensation for Furloughed Employees.--Any employee of the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol who is assigned to the exercise 
facility or Members' Dining Room described in subsection (a) and who is 
furloughed as a result of a Government shutdown shall be compensated at 
the employee's standard rate of compensation, for the period of such 
Government shutdown, as soon as practicable after such Government 
shutdown ends.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) a ``Government shutdown'' shall be considered to be in 
        effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal 
        agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a 
        regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; and
            (2) the term ``Members of the House of Representatives'' 
        includes any Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
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