HR7322-119

In Committee

True Shutdown Fairness Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 2, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, True Shutdown Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Defense, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H13884B27E4AE4134A042511137FDF84E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the True Shutdown Fairness Act.
  • Section HBFA5C2718B9D4FBA81C5CF2EF7DA9353: 2. Payment of employees and contractors during shutdowns In this section— the term agency— means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial...
  • Section H5C510E0BCAA84A1E82AE5761CBB53E12: 3. Limitation on reductions in force In this section— the term agency— means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, True Shutdown Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Defense, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, True Shutdown Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Defense Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 2, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and …

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 2, 2026

Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Defense Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"lapse in regular appropriations, with respect to an agency," §HBFA5C2718B9D4FBA81C5CF2EF7DA9353

any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect for the agency

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