Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, to establish pro… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill 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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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 424.
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026
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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- SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INC.
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- USAGAINSTALZHEIMERS ACTION
- LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4632: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4632/
"S. 4632: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4632/.
S. 4632, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4632/.
[S. 4632: Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4632/)