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Shutdown Fairness Act
Sponsored By: Senator Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced
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.
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- 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.*
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Pay for federal workers during shutdown
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 lapse. Funds would come from the Treasury as needed ("such sums as are necessary"). Agencies would charge those payments to their regular appropriations once Congress enacts regular or continuing appropriations. Agency heads could not obligate these automatic funds while continuing appropriations for the same purposes are in effect.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
WI • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
AR • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 10/15/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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