To provide for the payment of staff of the Bureau of Prisons.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Appropriates whatever sums are necessary to keep paying Bureau of Prisons staff during periods when interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026 or 2027 are not in effect, except for Senate-confirmed officers.
Who Benefits and How
Bureau of Prisons staff could continue receiving salaries and expenses during appropriations gaps rather than facing shutdown-related pay disruption.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal funds would be committed for BOP payroll during funding gaps, and BOP administration would have to manage the exception for Senate-confirmed officers.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates such sums as necessary for Bureau of Prisons salaries and expenses during specified funding gaps.
- Applies to periods when neither interim nor full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026 or 2027 are in effect.
- Excludes officers of the Bureau of Prisons who require presidential appointment and Senate confirmation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Appropriates whatever sums are necessary to keep paying Bureau of Prisons staff during periods when interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026 or 2027 are not in effect, except for Senate-confirmed officers.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Appropriates whatever sums are necessary to keep paying Bureau of Prisons staff during periods when interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026 or 2027 are not in effect, except for Senate-confirmed officers.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Prisons staff whose pay and operating support would continue during appropriations gaps
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal funds and prison administrators responsible for executing the shutdown-period payment authority
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred …
Stakeholder Effects
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Bureau of Prisons employees whose pay and operating support would continue during shutdown periods
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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