# 119-s-3012: Shutdown Fairness Act

119-s-3012, Shutdown Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3012
- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3012
- Congress: 119
- Title: Shutdown Fairness Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-10-15
- Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would ensure that excepted federal employees continue to receive their normal pay and benefits during government funding gaps.** It authorizes temporary Treasury funding to pay standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other regular payments for excepted work starting in fiscal year 2026. - Federal workers and families: Employees designated as "excepted" or performing Office of Personnel Management defined emergency work would receive their usual pay, allowances, and benefits for work done during an appropriations lapse. - Contractors and active-duty service members: Contractors required by an agency to support excepted work and members of the Armed Forces on active duty are included and may receive payments tied to that work. - Agency budgeting and accounting: The Treasury would provide necessary sums out of available funds during gaps, but agencies must charge those obligations to their regular appropriations when full-year appropriations or a continuing resolution covering those purposes are later enacted. Availability of temporary funds ends once such appropriations are in place.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-07T17:32:00.000Z | senate | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 53 | 43 |
| 2025-10-23T12:38:00.000Z | senate | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3012 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 54 | 45 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep pay for excepted workers: benefit, high. If enacted, agencies would get Treasury money to pay covered workers during funding lapses starting in fiscal year 2026. You would be paid normal pay, differentials, allowances, and benefits if your agency designates you as excepted. Contractors required to work during a lapse and active-duty milit…
- Limits on temporary shutdown pay: mixed, low. If enacted, agency heads could not use the temporary pay authority while a continuing appropriation is in effect for the same purpose. The temporary authority would end when Congress enacts final or continuing appropriations for that fiscal year, whether those appropriations include these payments…

## 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-128: SAVE Act
- 119-s-65: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
- 119-s-5: Laken Riley Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3012 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3012)

## 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-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)
- [119-s-5: Laken Riley Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3012 (as of 2026-04-21).