Armed Forces Pay Act of 2025
This bill provides continuing appropriations to pay members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) and intelligence agencies during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).
Specifically, the bill provides 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 of DOD, the Coast Guard, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
The appropriations provided by the bill are available until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) September 30, 2026.
The bill also specifies that the funds provided by this bill for intelligence or intelligence-related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress during FY2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3079 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3079
Making continuing appropriations for military pay and pay for civilian
employees of certain elements of the intelligence community in the
event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 30, 2025
Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz,
Ms. Rosen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Welch, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Cortez Masto,
Ms. Blunt Rochester, and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay and pay for civilian
employees of certain elements of the intelligence community in the
event of a Government shutdown, 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 ``Armed Forces Pay Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
(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--
(1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and
allowances to members of the Armed Forces (as defined in
section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code), including
members of reserve components who perform active service or
inactive-duty training during such period; and
(2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and
allowances to civilian employees of the Department of Defense,
the Coast Guard, the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``active service'' and
``inactive-duty training'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 3. TERMINATION.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the
following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a
continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are
made available in section 2.
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or
continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any
appropriation for such purpose.
(3) September 30, 2026.
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer
of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities and intelligence-
related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of
the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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