Timely enactment of appropriation Acts

(a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered officer or employee means— (A) an officer or employee of the Office of Management and Budget; (B) a Member of Congress; or (C) an employee of the personal office of a Member of Congress, a committee of either House of Congress, or a joint committee of Congress; (2) the term covered period — (A) means any period of automatic continuing appropriations; and (B) with respect to the legislative branch— (i) does not include any period of automatic continuing appropriations that occurs during the period— (I) beginning at the time at which general appropriation Acts providing funding for the entire Federal Government (including a continuing appropriation Act) have been enacted or passed in identical form by both Houses and transmitted to Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House for enrollment and presentment to the President for his signature; and (II) ending at the time at which 1 or more general appropriation Acts— (aa) are vetoed by the President; or (bb) do not become law without the President's signature under article I, section 7 of the Constitution of the United States based on an adjournment of the Congress; and (ii) includes any period of automatic continuing appropriations that is not a period described in clause (i) and that follows a veto or a failure to become law (as described in item (bb) of clause (i)(II)) of 1 or more general appropriation Acts; (3) the term Member of Congress has the meaning given that term in section 2106 of title 5, United States Code; (4) the term National Capital Region has the meaning given that term in section 8702 of title 40, United States Code; and (5) the term period of automatic continuing appropriations means a period during which automatic continuing appropriations under section 1311 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 2 of this Act, are in effect with respect to 1 or more programs, projects, or activities. (b) Limits on travel expenditures (1) Limits on official travel (A) Limitation Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no amounts may be obligated or expended for official travel by a covered officer or employee during a covered period. (B) Exceptions (i) Return to DC If a covered officer or employee is away from the seat of Government on the date on which a covered period begins, funds may be obligated and expended for official travel for a single return trip to the seat of Government by the covered officer or employee. (ii) Travel in National Capital Region During a covered period, amounts may be obligated and expended for official travel by a covered officer or employee from one location in the National Capital Region to another location in the National Capital Region. (iii) National security events During a covered period, if a national security event that triggers a continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol occurs, amounts may be obligated and expended for official travel by a covered officer or employee for any official travel relating to responding to the national security event or implementing the continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol. (2) Restriction on use of campaign funds Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking for ordinary and inserting except as provided in subsection (d), for ordinary; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (d) Restriction on use of campaign funds for official travel during automatic continuing appropriations (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), during a covered period (as defined in section 3 of the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act), a contribution or donation described in subsection (a) may not be obligated or expended for travel in connection with duties of the individual as a holder of Federal office. (2) Return to DC If the individual is away from the seat of Government on the date on which a covered period (as so defined) begins, a contribution or donation described in subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for travel by the individual to return to the seat of Government.. (c) Procedures in the Senate and House of Representatives (1) In general During a covered period, in the Senate and the House of Representatives— (A) it shall not be in order to move to proceed to any matter except for— (i) a measure making appropriations for the fiscal year during which the covered period begins; (ii) any motion required to determine the presence of or produce a quorum; (iii) a bill or resolution addressing the statutory limit on the public debt under section 3101 of title 31, United States Code; or (iv) on and after the 30th calendar day after the first day of a covered period— (I) the nomination of an individual— (aa) to a position at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States Code; or (bb) to serve as Chief Justice of the United States or an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; or (II) a measure extending the period during which a program, project, or activity is authorized to be carried out (without substantive change to the program, project, or activity or any other program, project, or activity) if— (aa) an appropriation Act with respect to the program, project, or activity for the fiscal year during which the covered period occurs has not been enacted; and (bb) the program, project, or activity has expired since the beginning of such fiscal year or will expire during the 30-day period beginning on the date of the motion; (B) it shall not be in order to move to recess or adjourn for a period of more than 23 hours; and (C) at noon each day, or immediately following any constructive convening of the Senate under rule IV, paragraph 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Presiding Officer shall direct the clerk to determine whether a quorum is present. (2) Waiver (A) Limitation on period It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to move to waive any provision of paragraph (1) for a period that is longer than 7 days. (B) Supermajority vote A provision of paragraph (1) may only be waived or suspended upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the applicable House of Congress, duly chosen and sworn.