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Provides temporary Treasury funding so the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) can continue paying its employees’ regular pay, allowances, differentials, benefits, and other standard payments during any FY2026 funding gap. Limits duplicate payments, requires those temporary costs to be charged back to the proper appropriations when a regular FY2026 appropriations law is later enacted, and makes the authority subject to the same conditions that applied under the previous continuing appropriations law. The authority is time-limited and ends at the earliest of three triggers or on September 30, 2026, and is treated as effective February 13, 2026.
The bill ensures CISA staff are paid and cybersecurity operations continue during an interim funding gap and sets a clear expiration date for authorities, but it shifts short‑term costs and administrative burdens onto taxpayers and agency payroll systems and risks program disruptions if Congress does not act by Sept 30, 2026.
CISA employees will continue to receive regular pay and benefits during an interim funding gap beginning Feb 14, 2026, preventing missed paychecks.
CISA cybersecurity staff and incident responders will retain workforce stability and operational continuity during the interim funding gap, reducing risk to ongoing cybersecurity operations and incident response.
Taxpayers and Congress retain budgetary control because interim payments must be charged back to enacted appropriations, preserving oversight and accounting discipline.
Taxpayers may temporarily cover CISA payroll costs during the interim period, creating short‑term federal outlays that are later charged back and could complicate budget accounting.
CISA payroll and HR operations will face added administrative and compliance burdens (tracking to avoid duplicate pay and meeting prior-Act conditions), increasing workload and the risk of errors or slowdowns.
Federal programs and agencies — and the public they serve — face a material risk that authorities will expire on Sept 30, 2026 (or sooner if triggered), causing sudden funding gaps, service disruptions, and the need for new legislation to restore authorities.
Introduced March 12, 2026 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress March 12, 2026