H.R. 1255Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

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Sponsor: Steve Womack [R-AR-03]
Cosponsors: 41 · 41 Republicans
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Committees: Appropriations Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee · and 2 more
Latest action: Apr 8, 2011 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.

IntroducedMar 30, 2011
Passed the HouseApr 1, 2011
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011 - Enacts into law the provisions of H.R. 1 (Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011), as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, if the House has not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2011.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, respectively, from disbursing to each Member or Delegate the amount of his or her salary for each day that: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department for failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached.

Imposes the same restrictions on the President with respect to receiving a disbursement of basic pay during such period.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1255 as passed House without amendment on Apr 1, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Apr 1, 2011Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveApr 1, 2011

How every member votedHouse roll call 224

House Apr 1, 2011 · the primary vote

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Government Shutdown Prevention Act

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221 Yea 202 Nay 8 not voting · 1 present

Party-line vote 15 of 423 voting members broke with their own party: 15 Republicans.

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All members432 members

Democratic192 members

Republican240 members

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Cosponsors41 · 41 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1255 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 1255Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 12552 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 224

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors41 · 41 Republicans

H.R. 1255Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 12552 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 224

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors41 · 41 Republicans

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