Federal Correctional Officer Paycheck Protection Act of 2026

This bill would give Federal correctional officers at the Bureau of Prisons a special base rate of pay equal to their regular General Schedule or law enforcement base rate plus 35 percent, capped at the Executive Schedule level V rate. It would also require the Attorney General to raise wages by 35 percent for certain hourly wage-grade Bureau of Prisons employees at grade 9 or below who work in inmate custody roles. These pay increases would end after 5 years. They would continue if the Justice Department Inspector General finds the Bureau has made measurable progress in reducing the use of non-custodial staff as correctional officers and in reducing excessive mandatory overtime.

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Sponsors

• Daniel S. Goldman Democrat sponsor
• 49 cosponsors