# 119-s-499: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2025

119-s-499, Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-499
- Congress: 119
- Title: Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protects Social Security, Medicare, SNAP: benefit, high. 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 app…
- Automatic backup funding for agencies: mixed, high. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-sconres-39: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetar…
- 119-sconres-22: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetar…
- 119-s-3362: Health Marketplace and Savings Accounts for All Act
- 119-s-3248: Health Savings Accounts For All Act of 2025
- 119-s-2886: America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act

## Sources
- [119-s-499 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/499)

## Related
- [119-sconres-39: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sconres-39)
- [119-sconres-22: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sconres-22)
- [119-s-3362: Health Marketplace and Savings Accounts for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3362)
- [119-s-3248: Health Savings Accounts For All Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3248)
- [119-s-2886: America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2886)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-499 (as of 2025-12-21).