House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Shutdown Fairness Act
Official title: To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5801.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 174, October 21, 2025, Page H4548):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5801, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Tony Wied (R-WI), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson.
- H.R. 165 (119th) Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
- H.R. 4503 (119th) ePermit Act
- H.R. 4183 (119th) Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 2130 (119th) Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025
- H.R. 9785 (119th) South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act
- H.J.Res. 28 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine…
Related bills
- S. 3012 (119th) Shutdown Fairness ActIdentical bill
- S. 3001 (119th) Shutdown Fairness ActRelated bill
- S. 3066 (119th) Pay the People ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.