Keep America Flying Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic shutdown appropriations for essential FAA and TSA personnel and supporting contractors until ordinary appropriations resume or fiscal year 2026 ends.
Who Benefits and How
Essential aviation and transportation-security workers, supporting contractors, and the traveling public could benefit from continued staffing and operations during a shutdown.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal funds would automatically support those workers and contractors, and agencies would need to manage the temporary funding authority.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates the sums necessary to pay essential FAA and TSA personnel and supporting contractors during fiscal year 2026 shutdown periods.
- Ends the temporary funding once ordinary appropriations resume, are omitted entirely, or fiscal year 2026 ends.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic shutdown appropriations for essential FAA and TSA personnel and supporting contractors until ordinary appropriations resume or fiscal year 2026 ends.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Provides automatic shutdown appropriations for essential FAA and TSA personnel and supporting contractors until ordinary appropriations resume or fiscal year 2026 ends.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Essential FAA and TSA personnel and supporting contractors during shutdown periods
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal funding resources and agencies administering the temporary appropriation
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. …
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under …
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Essential FAA and TSA personnel receiving continued compensation during a shutdown
Federal funding resources used to continue aviation safety and security operations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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