Bill > HR1164

This bill, titled the Government Shutdown Prevention Act, aims to prevent government shutdowns by establishing an automatic continuing resolution process. If Congress fails to pass regular appropriation bills or a joint resolution for continuing appropriations before the start of a new fiscal year, this bill would automatically provide the necessary funds to continue government programs and activities at the rate of operations from the preceding fiscal year. Initially, these automatic appropriations would be at 100% of the previous year's funding for 120 days, after which the funding rate would gradually decrease by 1 percentage point every 90 days until a regular appropriation bill is enacted. These automatic funds would be charged to the relevant appropriation once it becomes law, and the provision would not apply if other laws specifically address the continuation or termination of a particular program.