# 119-s-3001: Shutdown Fairness Act

119-s-3001, Shutdown Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3001
- Congress: 119
- Title: Shutdown Fairness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Pay for excepted federal employees and certain contractors during funding gaps.** Beginning in fiscal year 2026, this bill would require Treasury to provide enough money to pay excepted employees and allowances when an agency lacks enacted appropriations. - Federal excepted employees: Workers the agency head designates as excepted or performing emergency work would receive pay and allowances during any lapse in appropriations starting in FY2026. - Contractors: Contractors who support those excepted employees and are required to work during a lapse would also be covered, as determined by the agency head. - Agencies and accounting: Treasury advances would come from available funds and agencies must charge those expenditures to their appropriations once Congress enacts full or continuing appropriations for the agency. *Treasury would advance payments during funding lapses and agencies would later charge those amounts to their appropriations when funding is enacted.*

## Cosponsors (6)

- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pay for federal workers during shutdown: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would let Treasury pay excepted federal employees during funding gaps starting in fiscal year 2026. You would be covered if your agency head designates you as an excepted employee. It would also cover contractors who support excepted work and are required to work during the lap…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-3012: Shutdown Fairness Act
- 119-s-128: SAVE Act
- 119-s-65: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3001 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3001)

## Related
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-3012: Shutdown Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3012)
- [119-s-128: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-128)
- [119-s-65: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-65)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3001 (as of 2026-04-21).