[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3066 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3066

To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees during 
           a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2025

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees during 
           a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pay the People Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``agency'' means each authority of the 
        executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of 
        the United States; and
            (2) the term ``covered individual''--
                    (A) means an employee of an agency; and
                    (B) includes--
                            (i) a contractor who provides support to an 
                        employee described in subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) a member of the Armed Forces on active 
                        duty.
    (b) Appropriations.--For fiscal year 2026, and any fiscal year 
thereafter, for any period during which interim continuing 
appropriations or full-year appropriations for that fiscal year are not 
in effect for an agency, there are appropriated to the head of the 
agency, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
such sums as are necessary to provide standard rates of pay, 
allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise 
payable on a regular basis to covered individuals with respect to the 
agency.
    (c) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted under subsection (b) shall be available to the head 
of an agency until whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of appropriations for the agency 
        until the end of the applicable fiscal year (including a 
        continuing appropriation) that provide amounts for the purposes 
        for which amounts are made available under subsection (b).
            (2) The enactment into law of appropriations for the agency 
        until the end of the applicable fiscal year (including a 
        continuing appropriation) without any appropriation for such 
        purposes.
    (d) Interim Continuing Appropriations.--Appropriations made 
available under subsection (b) may not be obligated by the head of an 
agency during any period during which continuing appropriations for the 
purposes for which amounts are made available under subsection (b) are 
in effect for the agency.
    (e) Charging to Full-Year Appropriations.--Obligations or 
expenditures made by the head of an agency pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation for the agency 
whenever a regular appropriation bill or a measure making continuing 
appropriations until the end of the applicable fiscal year for the 
agency becomes law.
    (f) Retroactive Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect as if 
enacted on September 30, 2025.
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