United States · Bill · S
S. 4461 (116th)
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2020
Introduced
5 August 2020
Last action
6 August 2020 · Calendars
Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 506.
Sponsors
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2020 This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any of the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect. The bill also limits official travel, congressional recesses or adjournments, and the consideration of legislation that is unrelated to appropriations after the beginning of a fiscal year if both chambers of Congress have not passed the appropriations bills for the year.
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Timeline
5 August 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
5 August 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2020
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 506.
Source: Calendars
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 6 August 2020 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
Related records
- related to → Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019
- related to → Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4461
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4461
- us · 116-s-4461 · source updated 5 December 2025