Help FEDS Act

This bill would require state unemployment laws to let federal employees who must keep working without pay during a government shutdown in fiscal year 2026 or 2027 apply for and receive unemployment benefits. If those employees later receive back pay for the same period, they would have to repay the benefits to the state, and unpaid amounts would be treated as overpayments the state can recover. The federal government would repay states for 100 percent of the benefits paid and related administrative costs, using money from the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Angela D. Alsobrooks Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors