HR 5849 — USCP Act

Summary

This bill makes emergency appropriations to ensure employees of the United States Capitol Police receive their salaries and benefits during any government shutdown caused by a lapse in discretionary appropriations. The appropriations provide necessary funds for Capitol Police employee compensation whenever a shutdown occurs after the bill's enactment date. The bill does not limit the duration of these emergency appropriations and remains in effect until regular appropriations are enacted.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL)

21 cosponsors

Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA)
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN)
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA)
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX)
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD)
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH)
Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Shomari Figures’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

NULL $50,975
CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS LLC $42,900
BALL HEALTHCARE SERVICES $13,200
BCBSAL $9,900
KDF STRATEGIES $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Shomari Figures → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)

Oct 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
Oct 28, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

Text versions (1)

Introduced in House · Oct 28, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 28, 2025

Mr. Figures (for himself, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Bell, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Fields, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Craig, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Carson, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Goldman of New York, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

To provide for the payment of salaries to employees of the United States Capitol Police during any lapse in discretionary 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 “Uninterrupted Salaries for Capitol Police Act” or the “USCP Act”.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR SALARIES OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, during any lapse in discretionary appropriations beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, such sums as are necessary for the salary and expenses of employees of the United States Capitol Police. <all>

Comments

Loading comments…