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HR 1255 112th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress

Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

Introduced: April 1, 2011 Introduced by: Womack, Steve Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2011
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.
Apr 5, 2011
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Apr 4, 2011
Received in the Senate.
Apr 1, 2011
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 221 - 202, 1 Present (Roll no. 224).(text: CR H2239)
Apr 1, 2011
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 188 - 237 (Roll no. 223).
Apr 1, 2011
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2250)
Apr 1, 2011
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walz (MN) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment that strikes all after the enacting clause and inserts a new text entitled "PROHIBITION ON PAY DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN"
Apr 1, 2011
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 1, 2011
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1255 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
Apr 1, 2011
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 194. (consideration: CR H2239-2251)
Apr 1, 2011
Rule H. Res. 194 passed House.
Apr 1, 2011
Mr. Walz (MN) moved to recommit with instructions to House Administration. (consideration: CR H2248-2250; text: CR H2248)
Apr 1, 2011
The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2248)
Apr 1, 2011
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1255.
Mar 31, 2011
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 194 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1255 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
Mar 30, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 30, 2011
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 2
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Apr 1, 2011 House · vote #224 On Passage Passed 221–202 See who voted →
Apr 1, 2011 House · vote #223 On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Failed 188–237 See who voted →
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Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 - Enacts into law the provisions of H.R. 1 (Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011), as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, if the House has not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2011.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, respectively, from disbursing to each Member or Delegate the amount of his or her salary for each day that: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department for failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached.

Imposes the same restrictions on the President with respect to receiving a disbursement of basic pay during such period.

What's happening now April 8, 2011

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 194 Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1255) to prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and f…
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Republican 6
Barletta, Lou
· Apr 1, 2011
Shuster, Bill
· Apr 1, 2011
Bishop, Rob
· Mar 31, 2011
Coffman, Mike
· Mar 31, 2011
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Mar 31, 2011
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Mar 31, 2011
Flores, Bill
· Mar 31, 2011
Jenkins, Lynn
· Mar 31, 2011
JOHNSON, SAM
· Mar 31, 2011
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 31, 2011
Palazzo, Steven
· Mar 31, 2011
Rodgers, Cathy
· Mar 31, 2011
Rokita, Todd
· Mar 31, 2011
Rooney, Thomas
· Mar 31, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Mar 31, 2011
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Mar 31, 2011
 R
Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Mar 31, 2011
STEARNS, CLIFF
· Mar 31, 2011
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 31, 2011
Yoder, Kevin
· Mar 31, 2011
Woodall, Rob
· Mar 30, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1255: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1255/
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"H.R. 1255: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1255/.
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