PRIA Logo™
119-s-499119th CongressWALLET

Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Paul, Rand [R-KY]

Introduced

Summary

Automatic continuing appropriations would kick in when annual spending bills are late and no other temporary funding is in place. The bill would set initial funding at 94% of the prior year's rate for the first 90 days and then reduce that rate by 1 percentage point for each additional 90-day period until regular appropriations are enacted.

Show full summary
  • Federal agencies and programs would keep operating on temporary funds at 94% of last year's rate for the first 90 days, then drop by 1 percentage point each subsequent 90-day period. This mechanism continues across fiscal years if lapses persist.
  • Entitlement recipients and other mandatory payments, and activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, would receive funding at the level necessary to maintain program levels under current law. Those payments are treated differently from discretionary programs to preserve benefits.
  • Grants, state payments, and agency apportionments would be distributed in the same proportion as the previous year. The bill bars large up-front distributions and new awards that would preempt final congressional funding decisions.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Protects Social Security, Medicare, SNAP

If enacted, the bill would keep Social Security, Medicare, SNAP, and other mandatory payments at the levels needed to maintain current-law benefits during funding lapses. Those programs would not be cut to 94% or reduced every 90 days. They would still follow the authority and conditions in the applicable appropriations acts.

Automatic backup funding for agencies

If enacted, the bill would automatically keep federal programs funded when Congress misses a fiscal-year funding deadline. Automatic funding would start at no more than 94% of last year’s rate for an initial 90-day period. After each 90 days while the backstop remains in effect, the rate would fall by 1 percentage point, and those cuts could continue past the fiscal year end. Funds would be available from the first day of a lapse until Congress passes a regular appropriation, apportioned like last year, and agencies could not make large up-front grants that lock in final funding choices. The backstop would not apply if another law already provides or forbids funding for the program.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Paul, Rand [R-KY]

KY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation