True Shutdown Fairness Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides retroactive and shutdown-period pay support for federal workers, service members, and contractor employees affected by the 2025 funding lapse and bars agencies from using shutdown periods for reductions in force.
Who Benefits and How
Federal workers, service members, and contractor employees affected by the shutdown could receive pay continuity, contract-price adjustments, and job-protection rules.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Agencies and taxpayers would bear the cost of compensation and contract adjustments, and agencies would face limits on workforce-reduction actions during the shutdown.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates sums necessary to pay covered individuals and support contract adjustments tied to the 2025 funding lapse.
- Requires agencies to compensate certain contractors for payroll and paid-leave costs incurred because of the lapse.
- Bars agencies from proposing or implementing reductions in force or placing employees on long administrative leave during the covered lapse.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides retroactive and shutdown-period pay support for federal workers, service members, and contractor employees affected by the 2025 funding lapse and bars agencies from using shutdown periods for reductions in force.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor, Defense
Primary Purpose
Provides retroactive and shutdown-period pay support for federal workers, service members, and contractor employees affected by the 2025 funding lapse and bars agencies from using shutdown periods for reductions in force.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal workers, service members, and contractor employees affected by the covered shutdown
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Agencies and taxpayers financing compensation and contract adjustments
- Agency leaders restricted from using the lapse to reduce staffing
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Van Hollen (for himself and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Contractors receiving price adjustments for shutdown-related compensation costs
Federal taxpayers financing compensation and contract adjustments
Federal employees protected from shutdown-period reductions in force or extended administrative leave
Agency leadership restricted from using the lapse for workforce reductions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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