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The bill preserves TSA pay and workforce availability during short funding gaps and limits open‑ended emergency spending, but it creates risks of retroactive liabilities, administrative costs, accounting complexity, and funding uncertainty for state/local recipients and taxpayers.
TSA employees and transportation workers will continue to receive regular pay and benefits during any funding lapse beginning Feb 14, 2026, preventing lost wages and income disruption for those workers.
Travelers and the public benefit because the TSA workforce availability is maintained during funding gaps, supporting ongoing airport security operations and public safety.
Taxpayers and the federal budget face less open‑ended fiscal uncertainty because the temporary spending authorities end by Sept 30, 2026 (or sooner if superseded), and duplicative emergency authorities terminate if a regular appropriation is enacted.
Individuals and businesses could face retroactive legal or financial obligations dating back to Feb 13, 2026, creating legal uncertainty and potential liabilities.
State and local governments and nonprofit program recipients could experience abrupt funding losses or short transition periods if the temporary authority terminates or is omitted from later appropriations, disrupting ongoing activities and services.
Taxpayers and government agencies may incur unexpected administrative and compliance costs (auditing, record adjustments, implementation) to apply retroactive changes required by the Act.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Introduced March 17, 2026 by Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen · Last progress March 17, 2026
Provides Treasury funding as needed to keep Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees paid during any lapse in FY2026 appropriations, covering regular pay, allowances, differentials, benefits, and other standard payments. Payments must not duplicate other funding, will later be charged to the appropriate regular accounts when those accounts are enacted, and the authority ends when a regular appropriation is enacted, a law is enacted that omits such an appropriation, or on September 30, 2026. The Act is effective retroactively to February 13, 2026.