Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3012

Official text excerpt

119 S3012 PCS: Shutdown Fairness Act 
 U.S. Senate 
 2025-10-16 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 II Calendar No. 191 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3012 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 15, 2025 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Budd , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Risch , Mr. Sullivan , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time October 16, 2025 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shutdown Fairness Act . 2. Appropriations (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term agency means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States; (2) the term excepted employee — (A) means an employee of an agency who the head of that agency determines is an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as those terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; and (B) includes— (i) a contractor who— (I) provides support to an employee described in subparagraph (A); and (II) is required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations, as determined by the head of the agency with respect to which the contractor provides support; and (ii) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and (3) the term excepted work means work performed by an excepted employee during a period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the applicable fiscal year are not in effect for the applicable agency. (b) Appropriations For fiscal year 2026, and any fiscal year thereafter, for any period during which interim continuing appropriations or full-year appropriations for that fiscal year are not in effect for an agency, t…

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