H.R. 5552: Eliminate Shutdowns Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-23 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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Official title

Eliminate Shutdowns Act

Plain summary

Eliminate 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.

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Official text

Eliminate Shutdowns Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] · 13 cosponsors

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Bryan Steil (R-WI), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Cory Mills (R-FL), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Words on this page, explained (3)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5552.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5552 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills