HR 710
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Never Again Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Never Again Act
This bill requires that excepted federal and District of Columbia public employees who must perform work during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown) be paid, at their standard rate of pay, on scheduled pay dates.
Under current law, such employees must be paid at the earliest possible date after the lapse in appropriations ends.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 710: Never Again Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-710/
"H.R. 710: Never Again Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-710/.
H.R. 710, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-710/.
[H.R. 710: Never Again Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-710/)