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The bill ensures continuity of pay and agency operations during funding gaps—protecting service members, federal workers, contractors, and public services—while increasing short‑term federal outlays, administrative burden, and leaving programs vulnerable to abrupt changes or expiration at the FY2026 appropriations decision.
Members of the Armed Forces and DoD/DHS civilian personnel (including Coast Guard) continue to receive pay and allowances during funding lapses, preventing interrupted income and preserving workforce stability.
Contractors supporting DoD and DHS (Coast Guard) missions can be paid during lapses, helping maintain critical operations and preventing disruption to defense support services.
Agencies retain funding and authorities without interruption until Congress enacts FY2026 appropriations or Sept 30, 2026, avoiding immediate service gaps for federal, state, and local operations.
Programs and authorities provided temporary coverage could be abruptly cut if FY2026 appropriations omit them, creating uncertainty and potential disruption to longer‑term projects, contracts, and hires.
Taxpayers may face increased short‑term outlays from the Treasury to cover pay and contractor payments during lapses, raising federal cash flows before final appropriations are enacted.
Agencies face added administrative and compliance burdens to track emergency payments, reconcile them to enacted appropriations, and wind down or transition programs, increasing operating costs.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Provides Treasury funds during any FY2026 funding lapse to pay military members and designated DoD/DHS civilians and contractors; authority ends by Sept 30, 2026 or when FY2026 appropriations are enacted.
Introduced October 22, 2025 by Daniel Scott Sullivan · Last progress October 22, 2025
Provides temporary Treasury funding to ensure members of the Armed Forces are paid during any lapse in FY2026 appropriations, and to pay certain Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security civilian personnel and contractors who directly support those service members. Funds are limited to amounts necessary for military pay, allowances, travel, and related items, and the authority is time-limited and terminates no later than September 30, 2026 or sooner if Congress enacts FY2026 appropriations that include or exclude the same purposes. Payments under this authority are available only while full-year or continuing FY2026 appropriations are not in effect for the same purposes; agencies may not use these funds if their FY2026 appropriations for the same purposes have been enacted. The law operates retroactively to September 30, 2025 and requires that any expenditures be charged to the appropriate appropriation or fund once Congress enacts FY2026 appropriations.