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The bill ensures continuous pay for public shipyard workers and preserves shipyard operations and naval readiness during funding lapses, but does so at a likely fiscal cost to taxpayers, with potential incentives for future appropriations delays and added administrative burden.
Federal and military public shipyard operations remain staffed and naval maintenance continues during funding gaps, preserving readiness and national security.
Civilian and military public shipyard workers receive uninterrupted pay and allowances during interim or full-year appropriations lapses for FY2026–FY2027, avoiding immediate financial hardship and morale loss.
Taxpayers may ultimately bear higher federal outlays to fund retroactive or interim payments made during funding gaps.
Providing pay during funding gaps could reduce political pressure on Congress to timely pass regular appropriations, potentially encouraging future funding delays.
Requiring interim payments creates administrative complexity to track and reconcile payments once regular appropriations are enacted, adding burden to payroll and HR systems.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows the Treasury to pay civilian and military public shipyard workers during FY2026 or FY2027 funding gaps until appropriations are enacted or Jan 1, 2027.
Provides funding from the Treasury to pay civilian and military public shipyard workers during any lapse in regular appropriations for fiscal year 2026 or 2027. The payments continue until Congress enacts appropriations covering the same purpose, enacts a regular or continuing resolution that does not include such pay, or until January 1, 2027, whichever comes first.
Official title: Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.
Introduced October 3, 2025 by Maggie Goodlander · Last progress October 3, 2025