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H.R. 1280 116th Congress House

No More Shutdowns Act

Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions.

Introduced: February 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsExecutive agency funding and structureLegislative rules and procedure
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Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 14, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 14, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No More Shutdowns Act

This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before a fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect.

The bill provides the appropriations to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. The bill funds the programs at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year with an increase for inflation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1280: No More Shutdowns Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1280/
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"H.R. 1280: No More Shutdowns Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1280/.
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H.R. 1280, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1280/.
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