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Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act
Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.
Summary
This bill appropriates funds to ensure that civilian and military public shipyard workers continue to receive pay and allowances during a federal government shutdown in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The funds would be available whenever interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect due to a shutdown. The appropriations would end once a regular or continuing appropriation is enacted, or on January 1, 2027, whichever comes first.
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- Oct 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
- Oct 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 3, 2025
Ms. Goodlander (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. Randall) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.
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 Our Public Shipyard Workers Act”.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PUBLIC SHIPYARD WORKERS.
(a) In General.—There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 or 2027 are not in effect such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian and military public shipyard workers who work during such period.
(b) Termination.—Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in subsection (a).
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.
(3) January 1, 2027. <all>
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