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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 3043 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3043
To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 23, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Smith, Ms.
Alsobrooks, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Kim,
Mr. Kelly, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Gallego,
Mr. Padilla, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Welch, Mr. Ossoff, Ms.
Blunt Rochester, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Warnock, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Ms. Slotkin, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Ms. Cantwell)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, and
for other purposes.
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 ``Military and Federal Employee
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``agency''--
(A) means each authority of the executive,
legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of
the United States; and
(B) includes each element of the District of
Columbia public employer, as defined in section 1341(c)
of title 31, United States Code;
(2) the term ``covered individual''--
(A) means each employee of an agency who, during
the covered period, did not receive a portion or all of
the standard employee compensation of the employee
because of the lapse in appropriations with respect to
the applicable agency; and
(B) includes--
(i) a contractor who--
(I) provides support to an employee
of an agency; and
(II) during the covered period, did
not receive a portion or all of the
standard employee compensation of the
individual because of the lapse in
appropriations with respect to the
applicable agency;
(ii) a member of the Armed Forces
(including a member of a reserve component who
performs active service or inactive-duty
training) who, during the covered period, did
not receive a portion or all of the standard
employee compensation of the individual because
of the lapse in appropriations with respect to
the applicable agency; and
(iii) an employee of an agency, a
contractor who provides support to an employee
of an agency, or a member of the Armed Forces
(including a member of a reserve component who
performs active service or inactive-duty
training) who, for a portion or all of the
covered period, was subject to furlough;
(3) the term ``covered period'' means the period beginning
on October 1, 2025, and ending on the date of enactment of this
Act; and
(4) the term ``standard employee compensation'' means, with
respect to a covered individual, the standard rate of basic
pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other
payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to the covered
individual.
(b) Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--For fiscal year 2026, there are
appropriated to the head of each agency with respect to which
there was a lapse in appropriations during the covered period,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
such sums as are necessary to provide, with respect to the
covered period, standard employee compensation to covered
individuals with respect to the agency.
(2) Agency requirement.--The head of each agency to whom
amounts are made available under paragraph (1) shall provide to
covered individuals with respect to that agency the standard
employee compensation required under that paragraph for work
performed during the covered period (or, in the case of a
covered individual described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii), for
all portions of the covered period during which the covered
individual was subject to furlough) as soon as practicable, but
not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Limitation to Individuals Affected by Shutdown.--Amounts
provided under subsection (b) may not be used to provide standard
employee compensation to a covered individual for any portion of the
covered period for which the covered individual is provided with
standard employee compensation using amounts other than amounts
provided under subsection (b).
(d) Limitation on Transfer Authority.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including any appropriation Act), the amounts
provided under subsection (b)--
(1) shall be available solely for standard employee
compensation to covered individuals; and
(2) may not be transferred, reprogrammed, obligated, or
expended for any other purpose.
(e) Terms and Conditions.--The provision of standard employee
compensation using amounts provided under subsection (b) shall be
subject to the requirements, authorities, conditions, and limitations
applicable with respect to the provision of standard employee
compensation by the applicable agency under the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4; 139 Stat.
9).
(f) Charge to Future Appropriations.--Expenditures made pursuant to
this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization is enacted into law.
(g) Rule of Construction.--This section shall be construed to
provide each covered individual, without regard to whether the covered
individual was subject to furlough for a portion or all of the covered
period, with standard employee compensation for the covered period as
if the covered individual had performed the job duties of the covered
individual for the entirety of the covered period.
(h) Retroactive Effective Date.--This section shall take effect as
if enacted on September 30, 2025.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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