House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Shutdown Fairness Act
Official title: To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, contract employees, and members of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7137.
- 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. 172, No. 12, January 16, 2026, Page H925):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7137, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
37 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 37 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Max Miller (R-OH), Cory Mills (R-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Darren Soto (D-FL) and 7 more.
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…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.