Shutdown Fairness Act

This bill would automatically provide money to pay federal employees who must keep working during a government shutdown, starting in fiscal year 2026 and continuing in later years. It covers employees in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches whom agency heads designate as excepted or emergency workers, plus certain contractors who support them and are required to work. The funding would end once Congress passes full-year or continuing appropriations for the agency. Money spent under this bill would later be charged to the agency's regular appropriations once they become law.

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Sponsors

• Ron Johnson Republican sponsor
• 6 cosponsors