Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a new 35% pay boost for Federal correctional officers and certain prevailing wage prison workers. The bill would replace the General Schedule or Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) base rate with a special base rate for qualifying Bureau of Prisons custody staff and increase certain Federal Wage System rates by 35 percent.
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Higher pay for federal prison staff
If enacted, Bureau of Prisons employees whose work mainly involves custody, control, supervision, or routine direct inmate contact would get higher base pay. For employees paid under the General Schedule or Law Enforcement Officer rates, the bill would raise the applicable base by 35%, round to the nearest dollar, and replace the GS/LEO base with that special base pay (capped at Executive Schedule level V). For covered Federal Wage System employees at grade 9 or below, the Attorney General would increase wage rates by 35%, treated as basic pay and capped at Executive Schedule level IV. The bill would count some supervisors and administrative staff as eligible if OPM finds their positions meet the custody/contact test. The special pay rules would start on enactment and would end five years later unless the DOJ Inspector General reports measurable progress reducing augmentation and excessive mandatory overtime; the IG must report to Congress at least 180 days before the expiration and can allow the authority to continue.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Goodlander
NH • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Gillen
NY • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Conaway
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/5/2026
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Thompson (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 2/24/2026
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/25/2026
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 3/19/2026
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
NY • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/13/2026
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