# 119-s-2806: Eliminate Shutdowns Act

119-s-2806, Eliminate Shutdowns Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2806
- Congress: 119
- Title: Eliminate Shutdowns Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Automatically continue federal funding during shutdowns.** This bill would add a new Section 1311 to the federal budget law to provide automatic continuing appropriations for programs and activities when a full-year appropriation or a continuing resolution is not in place.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-29T20:54:00.000Z | senate | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2806 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 37 | 61 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keeps federal benefits and services running: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would automatically fund federal programs that lack a new full-year appropriation at last year’s rate when a funding lapse begins. Funding would start on the first day of the lapse and be available for an initial 14-calendar-day period. If the lapse continues, funding would ext…
- Agency power to shift funds: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let an agency head, with OMB approval, transfer up to 5 percent of any appropriation account made available under the automatic continuing appropriation to another account within the same agency. Transfers could only fund higher-priority activities and could not be used t…
- Changes to budget scoring rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would change how OMB and Congress count and score the automatic continuing appropriations. The funds would be treated as discretionary part-year appropriations for baseline and enforcement purposes under existing budget law. If a report under the cited budget section is due dur…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
- 119-s-3713: No Climate Treaties Act of 2026
- 119-s-128: SAVE Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2806 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2806)

## Related
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-9: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-9)
- [119-s-3713: No Climate Treaties Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3713)
- [119-s-128: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-128)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2806 (as of 2026-04-21).