House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Government Shutdown Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1164.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANKFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1428):Article I, Section 9, Clause 7.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1164, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Lankford.
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- H.J.Res. 110 (113th) Granting the consent of Congress to the Health Care Compact.
- H.R. 2448 (113th) Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2013
- H.R. 4715 (113th) Orphan Earmarks Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.