Pay the People Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates a standing automatic appropriation to pay federal employees, supporting contractors, and active-duty service members during future lapses in appropriations.
Who Benefits and How
Covered workers and contractors could continue receiving regular compensation during shutdowns.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal funding resources would be automatically committed during covered lapses and agencies would need to administer the payment stream.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates the sums necessary to continue regular compensation for covered federal employees, supporting contractors, and active-duty service members during shutdowns.
- Charges later appropriations with the shutdown-period payments once full-year or continuing appropriations are enacted.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a standing automatic appropriation to pay federal employees, supporting contractors, and active-duty service members during future lapses in appropriations.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor
Primary Purpose
Creates a standing automatic appropriation to pay federal employees, supporting contractors, and active-duty service members during future lapses in appropriations.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Covered federal employees, supporting contractors, and service members receiving continued pay during shutdowns
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal funding resources and agencies administering the standing shutdown appropriation
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Covered federal employees receiving shutdown-period compensation protection
Covered contractors receiving shutdown-period payment support
Federal funding resources used for shutdown-period compensation
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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