S3626-119

In Committee

Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 13, 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, Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Labor.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H77F69EC6172B49E591A90E84FA59D56B: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026.
  • Section H39D9E791BF9A4D8A8F296809C0D550E3: 2. Special base rates of pay for Federal correctional officers Subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after...
  • Section H1716EA0997EC403CA9A908867BD24DB8: 5332b. Special base rates of pay for Federal correctional officers In this section— the term Federal correctional officer means a correctional officer (without...
  • Section HE1D79CCAA5684275A745DAB4935D37A5: 3. Application In this section, the term Federal correctional officer has the meaning given the term in section 5332b(a) of title 5, United States Code, as...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Criminal Justice Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 13, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 13, 2026

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following …

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
Government Operations Criminal Justice Labor
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"General Schedule base rate" §H1716EA0997EC403CA9A908867BD24DB8

an annual rate of basic pay established under section 5332 before any additions, such as a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or 5304a or a special rate supplement under section 5305

"covered employee" §H39D9E791BF9A4D8A8F296809C0D550E3

an employee— who is described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) and is employed by the Bureau of Prisons

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