[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 270 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 270

   To direct the Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports 
 during the period in which a Government shutdown is in effect on the 
effects of the shutdown on the economy and the costs of the shutdown to 
                   taxpayers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2019

Mr. O'Halleran (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. 
 Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Carbajal, 
  Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. 
 Delgado, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. 
   Allred) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports 
 during the period in which a Government shutdown is in effect on the 
effects of the shutdown on the economy and the costs of the shutdown to 
                   taxpayers, 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 ``Government Shutdown Impact Report 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ON ECONOMIC COSTS AND 
              COSTS TO TAXPAYERS OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    Not later than 24 hours after each day on which a Government 
shutdown is in effect, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall submit a report to Congress containing information on each of the 
following, based on the most recent information available to the 
Director:
            (1) An estimate of the economic output lost on that day as 
        the result of the Government shutdown.
            (2) An estimate of any decrease in gross domestic product 
        for the quarter that will occur as the result of the Government 
        shutdown.
            (3) The value of any assistance, including loans, grants, 
        and contracts, that the Small Business Administration was 
        unable to provide as the result of the Government shutdown.
            (4) The amount of any revenue for the National Park Service 
        that was lost on that day as the result of the closure of 
        National Park Service lands and historic sites.
            (5) An estimate of revenue lost on that day because of the 
        effects of the Government shutdown on tourism and travel to and 
        within the United States, including travel by foreign tourists.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    For purposes of this Act, 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.
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