Keep America Building Act
This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to (1) to suspend, delay, or interrupt all or part of the work of a project under a contract during any lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown); or (2) stop all or any part of the work agreed to in the contract.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5876 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5876
To provide for continuity in certain contracts during a lapse in
appropriations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 31, 2025
Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Pou, and Mr.
Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To provide for continuity in certain contracts during a lapse in
appropriations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep America Building Act''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUITY OF CONTRACTS.
No Federal funds may be used to suspend, delay, or interrupt all or
part of the work of a project under a contract during any lapse in
appropriations or stop all or any part of the work agreed to in such
contract.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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