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The bill keeps pay and critical support flowing for military personnel, supporting civilian staff, and contractors during an appropriations lapse—helping readiness and reducing disruption—at the cost of increased unplanned federal spending and potential erosion of normal congressional appropriations oversight and clear eligibility rules.
Active-duty service members: continue to receive uninterrupted pay and allowances during an appropriations lapse.
DoD and Coast Guard civilian staff who support military operations: continue receiving pay during a funding gap, reducing financial hardship and preserving workforce stability.
Government and defense contractors who support the military and Coast Guard: can be paid during an appropriations lapse, reducing service disruption to operations and readiness.
Providing pay during lapses could be executed without full congressional appropriations oversight: may obligate funds and weaken normal budgetary checks.
Taxpayers and the federal budget: may incur additional unplanned costs to cover pay for service members, civilian staff, and contractors during funding gaps.
Federal employees and contractors: may face uneven eligibility or discretionary determinations about who 'provides support,' creating fairness and administrative consistency concerns.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Provides Treasury funding for fiscal year 2026 to continue payment of pay and allowances for active-duty service members, certain Department of Defense and Coast Guard civilian personnel who are supporting those members, and DoD/Coast Guard contractors if a lapse in appropriations occurs. Funds remain available until new appropriations covering the same purposes are enacted or until January 1, 2027, whichever comes first.
Introduced October 9, 2025 by Daniel Scott Sullivan · Last progress October 9, 2025