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The bill prevents immediate disruptions (notably keeping TSA paid and programs running during a potential FY2026 lapse) and gives short-term certainty to recipients, but does so at the cost of extra short-term federal outlays, added administrative reconciliation burdens, and the risk of abrupt funding cutoffs and reduced urgency for Congress to pass full-year appropriations.
TSA employees and frontline transportation workers will continue to receive regular pay, allowances, and benefits during a potential FY2026 funding gap, preventing immediate workforce disruptions and helping maintain airport security operations for travelers.
Recipients of the temporary authorities (e.g., government contractors, state and local governments, nonprofits) gain short-term funding certainty and a clear expiration date (through Sept 30, 2026 or upon enactment of a regular appropriation), which helps continuity of operations and clarifies planning horizons.
The bill requires interim charges to be reconciled to the eventual FY2026 appropriations and terminates the temporary authority if a regular appropriation covers the same purpose, which supports fiscal accountability and avoids duplicative funding.
Programs and service providers funded under the temporary authorities could face abrupt loss of funding or a hard cutoff (by Sept 30, 2026) if Congress does not provide successor appropriations, risking project interruptions and service gaps for local governments, nonprofits, and contractors.
By backstopping TSA pay and temporarily funding programs, the bill could reduce immediate political pressure on Congress to pass timely full-year appropriations, potentially prolonging reliance on stopgap measures.
Taxpayers may bear additional short-term federal outlays from the Treasury to cover TSA pay and other interim obligations during a funding lapse.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Provides temporary Treasury funding to keep TSA employees paid during FY2026 funding gaps, retroactive to Feb 13, 2026, with costs charged to the eventual FY2026 appropriation.
Introduced March 12, 2026 by Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen · Last progress March 12, 2026
Provides temporary Treasury funding to ensure Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive regular pay, allowances, differentials, and benefits during any FY2026 funding gap, with payments retroactive to February 13, 2026. Payments are limited to periods not already covered by other funds, must be charged to the eventual FY2026 appropriation when enacted, and follow the same rules that governed TSA pay under the prior continuing appropriations law. Funds and any related authorities expire when an FY2026 appropriation for the same purpose is enacted, when a regular appropriations measure that does not provide funding for that purpose is enacted, or on September 30, 2026—whichever happens first.