S4174-119

In Committee

A bill to provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 percent of the pay the employees should have received during the shutdown.

119th Congress Introduced Mar 24, 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, A bill to provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 percent of the pay the employees should have received during the shutdown., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Environment, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators 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, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idb224f5f1420e4697b034d83fde1b5262: 1. Premium payment to DHS workers required to work without pay during shutdown In this section: The term covered lapse in appropriations means the lapse in...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, A bill to provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 percent of the pay the employees should have received during the shutdown., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Environment, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, A bill to provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 percent of the pay the employees should have received during the shutdown., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Environment Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 24, 2026

Mr. Gallego introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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
Labor Environment Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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