To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic appropriations to pay excepted federal employees and certain supporting contractors during lapses in appropriations, with later charges applied against enacted appropriations.
Who Benefits and How
Excepted federal employees and supporting contractors required to keep working during a shutdown could continue receiving pay and allowances without waiting for later back pay legislation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Agency heads would need to administer shutdown-period pay under a continuing appropriation structure, and federal funds would be committed during appropriations gaps.
Key Provisions
- Defines agencies and excepted employees, including certain required support contractors.
- Appropriates sums necessary for pay and allowances of excepted employees during funding lapses for fiscal year 2026 and later years.
- Ends availability of the shutdown appropriation when regular or continuing appropriations are enacted or denied for the purpose.
- Charges shutdown-period expenditures to later-enacted appropriations for the agency.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic appropriations to pay excepted federal employees and certain supporting contractors during lapses in appropriations, with later charges applied against enacted appropriations.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor, Finance
Primary Purpose
Provides automatic appropriations to pay excepted federal employees and certain supporting contractors during lapses in appropriations, with later charges applied against enacted appropriations.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Excepted federal employees and supporting contractors who must work during appropriations lapses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Agency heads and budget officials responsible for administering shutdown-period pay and later charging expenditures
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Risch, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Excepted federal employees required to work during a shutdown, Support contractors required to keep working during a shutdown
Agency heads and budget officials administering shutdown-period pay
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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