Transportation Security Administration Pay Act of 2026

TSA employees keep pay during lapse

If enacted, this bill would keep TSA employees getting their normal pay, allowances, pay differentials, and benefits during a funding lapse. The lapse period covered would begin on February 14, 2026, and the bill would take effect as if enacted on February 13, 2026. Money would come from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated and would be charged to the applicable appropriation when Congress later enacts it into law. Payments would follow the same rules and limits that apply under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, and employees could not be paid twice for the same days. The funds would be available only until Congress enacts an appropriation for these purposes, until an Act is passed that does not provide such an appropriation, or until September 30, 2026.