Pay Our Military Act

Pay Our Military Act

This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).

Specifically, the bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during the period; and (2) civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces.

If a government shutdown occurs, the bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2027. 

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5660 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5660

  To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed 
           Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2025

   Mrs. Sykes (for herself, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Craig, Ms. Brownley, Mr. 
 Moulton, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Whitesides, Mr. 
Conaway, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. 
Thanedar, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. McBride, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. 
    Ruiz, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. 
   Swalwell, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Figures, and Ms. Schrier) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed 
           Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Military Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 
year 2026 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay 
and allowances to--
            (1) members of the Armed Forces, including the reserve 
        components thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty 
        training during such period;
            (2) civilian employees of the Department of Defense (and 
        the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast 
        Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
        Department of the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 
        are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described 
        in paragraph (1); and
            (3) contractors of the Department of Defense (and the 
        Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard 
        when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
        Department of the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 
        are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described 
        in paragraph (1).
    (b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until the 
first of the following occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are 
        made available in subsection (a).
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.
            (3) January 1, 2027.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The terms ``active service'', ``Armed Forces'', and 
        ``inactive-duty training'' have the meanings given such terms 
        in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``reserve components'' means the components 
        named in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Defense with respect to the 
                Department of Defense; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect 
                to matters concerning the Coast Guard when the Coast 
                Guard is not operating as a service in the Department 
                of the Navy.
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