Pay Our Capitol Police Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3094

  To ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol 
Police are paid during the Government shutdown that began on October 1, 
                     2025, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 2025

Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol 
Police are paid during the Government shutdown that began on October 1, 
                     2025, 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 ``Pay Our Capitol Police Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS OF 
              THE CAPITOL POLICE DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 
              BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2025.

    (a) Appropriations.--For fiscal year 2026, there are appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
as are necessary to provide, with respect to the period of the lapse in 
interim continuing appropriations and full-year appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 for the Capitol Police that began on October 1, 2025--
            (1) standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, 
        benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular 
        basis to all officers and employees of the Capitol Police with 
        respect to any period of work performed by such officers and 
        employees during such period; and
            (2) payment to contractors of the Capitol Police whom the 
        Chief of the Capitol Police determines are providing support to 
        officers and employees of the Capitol Police described in 
        paragraph (1) during such period.
    (b) Charging of Expenditures.--Expenditures made pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation for the 
Capitol Police whenever a regular appropriation bill or a measure 
making continuing appropriations for the Capitol Police becomes law.
    (c) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted under subsection (a) shall be available until 
whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of appropriations (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for the Capitol Police for any 
        purpose for which amounts are made available in subsection (a).
            (2) The enactment into law of appropriations (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for the legislative branch without 
        any appropriation for such purpose.
            (3) September 30, 2026.
    (d) Retroactive Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect as if 
enacted on September 30, 2025.
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