Prevent Government Shutdowns Act
Official title: To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, to establish procedures… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect.
Specifically, the bill provides appropriations at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities that were funded in the preceding fiscal year.
The bill also limits official travel, congressional recesses or adjournments, and the consideration of legislation that is unrelated to appropriations after the beginning of a fiscal year if the appropriations process has not been completed.
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- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5870: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5870/
"H.R. 5870: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5870/.
H.R. 5870, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5870/.
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