To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for Federal firefighters and protect Federal firefighters from reductions in force in the event of a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides continuing fiscal year 2026 appropriations for federal firefighter pay and allowances during funding gaps and bars reductions in force for federal firefighters during discretionary appropriations lapses.
Who Benefits and How
Federal firefighters could continue receiving pay and be protected from reductions in force during shutdown-related funding lapses.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Treasury and federal payroll administrators would fund and process firefighter pay during covered gaps, and agencies would lose reduction-in-force flexibility for federal firefighters during shutdowns.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates such sums as necessary for federal firefighter pay and allowances during fiscal year 2026 appropriations gaps.
- Ends availability upon enactment of applicable appropriations, enactment without such appropriation, or January 1, 2027.
- Bars reductions in force for federal firefighters during discretionary appropriations lapses.
- Defines federal firefighter and related government terms.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides continuing fiscal year 2026 appropriations for federal firefighter pay and allowances during funding gaps and bars reductions in force for federal firefighters during discretionary appropriations lapses.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Appropriations, Public Safety, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Provides continuing fiscal year 2026 appropriations for federal firefighter pay and allowances during funding gaps and bars reductions in force for federal firefighters during discretionary appropriations lapses.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal firefighters working during appropriations lapses
- Communities relying on federal fire response capacity
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal treasury, payroll administrators, and agency managers during funding gaps
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Bynum (for herself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Ansari, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal firefighters receiving pay and allowances during funding gaps
Communities relying on federal firefighting continuity during shutdowns
Federal treasury and payroll administrators funding firefighter pay during appropriations gaps
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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