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H. R. ll
112TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ml. llllll introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll
A BILL
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United
States, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown
5 Prevention Act of 2011’’.
6 SEC. 2. FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER
7 OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.
8 (a) DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLA-
9 TION FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER
10 OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.—If the House has not received
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1 a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011 stating
2 that it has passed a measure providing for the appropria-
3 tions for the departments and agencies of the Government
4 for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of
5 H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011,
6 are hereby enacted into law.
7 (b) PUBLICATION OF ACT.—In publishing this Act in
8 slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pur-
9 suant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the
10 Archivist of the United States shall include after the date
11 of approval, if applicable, an appendix setting forth the
12 text of the bill referred to in subsection (a).
13 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS
14 OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.
15 (a) TREATMENT OF MEMBERS DURING A GOVERN-
16 MENT SHUTDOWN.—The Secretary of the Senate and the
17 Chief Administrative Officer of the House, respectively,
18 shall not disburse to each Member or Delegate the amount
19 of his or her salary for each day that—
20 (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap-
21 propriations for any Federal agency or department
22 as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria-
23 tions bill or continuing resolution; or
24 (2) the Federal Government is unable to make
25 payments or meet obligations because the public
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1 debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United
2 States Code, has been reached.
3 (b) TREATMENT OF THE PRESIDENT DURING A GOV-
4 ERNMENT SHUTDOWN.—The President shall not receive
5 a disbursement of basic pay for any period in which—
6 (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap-
7 propriations for any Federal agency or department
8 as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria-
9 tions bill or continuing resolution; or
10 (2) the Federal Government is unable to make
11 payments or meet obligations because the public
12 debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United
13 States Code, has been reached.
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