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Bureau of Prisons Pay Protection Act
To provide funding for personnel of Bureau of Prisons facilities.
Summary
This bill appropriates funds from the Treasury to pay Bureau of Prisons personnel during any period when discretionary appropriations have lapsed, such as during a government shutdown. The funding covers salaries for both correctional and non-correctional staff at Bureau of Prisons facilities. The bill authorizes spending such amounts as are necessary to maintain payroll during any fiscal year in which an appropriations lapse occurs.
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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Brittany Pettersen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $30,671
- COINBASE $18,000
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $13,200
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $13,000
- SOLANA LABS $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Nov 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
- Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2025
Ms. Pettersen (for herself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To provide funding for personnel of Bureau of Prisons facilities.
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 “Bureau of Prisons Pay Protection Act”.
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR PERSONNEL OF BUREAU OF PRISON FACILITIES.
Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated such sums as are necessary to pay, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations during any fiscal year, the salaries of the personnel, both correctional and non-correctional, of a facility of the Bureau of Prisons during such lapse. <all>
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