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HR 1205 116th Congress House Congress Appropriations Congressional operations and organization House of Representatives Senate

Keep Congress Working Act

Introduced: February 13, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Congress Working Act

This bill makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to adjourn for more than 12 hours during any lapse in appropriations for all or part of the federal government.

Furthermore, in the Senate, the bill permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or a successful appeal of a ruling of the chair regarding such prohibition, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senate.

What's happening now February 13, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 19, 2019
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Feb 19, 2019
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 13, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1205: Keep Congress Working Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1205/
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"H.R. 1205: Keep Congress Working Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1205/.
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H.R. 1205, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1205/.
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[H.R. 1205: Keep Congress Working Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1205/)
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