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119-s-3094119th CongressWALLET

Pay Our Capitol Police Act

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Introduced

Summary

Ensures Capitol Police officers, employees, and qualifying contractors are paid during a government funding lapse. This bill would authorize fiscal year 2026 Treasury funds to cover standard pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and contractor payments for work performed during the lapse. It would require those expenditures to be charged to the applicable Capitol Police appropriation once a regular appropriation or a continuing appropriations measure is enacted, make the authority retroactive to September 30, 2025, and limit availability until enactment of a Capitol Police appropriation, enactment of a legislative-branch appropriation that omits the Capitol Police, or September 30, 2026.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Pays Capitol Police during shutdown

If you are a U.S. Capitol Police officer or employee, this bill would pay your normal pay, allowances, pay differentials, and benefits for work done during the funding lapse that began on October 1, 2025. It would also allow payment to Capitol Police contractors the Chief determines are supporting those officers during the lapse. The money would come from any Treasury funds as needed for fiscal year 2026 and would be treated as if approved on September 30, 2025. These payments would be available only until Congress funds the Capitol Police for these purposes, until Congress passes legislative branch funding without those Capitol Police amounts, or until September 30, 2026, whichever comes first.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 11/3/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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