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Making continuing appropriations for military pay and pay for civilian employees of certain elements of the intelligence community in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill makes emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to ensure that military service members and certain civilian employees continue to receive pay if the government shuts down due to lack of regular budget appropriations. The bill covers active-duty and reserve military personnel, as well as civilian employees of the Department of Defense, Coast Guard, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Central Intelligence Agency. These emergency funds become available only if regular appropriations are not in effect and remain available until either a full-year budget is passed, a continuing resolution is enacted, or September 30, 2026, whichever comes first. The bill also authorizes intelligence funding during this period until Congress passes an Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2026.
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Sponsor (1)
27 cosponsors
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Christopher A. Coons’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $24,000
- THE CHEMOURS COMPANY $20,000
- INVARIANT $17,500
- BARCLAYS $16,500
- AXXESS $15,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Christopher A. Coons → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Oct 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · senate
- Oct 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 30, 2025
Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Welch, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Blunt Rochester, and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay and pay for civilian employees of certain elements of the intelligence community in the event of a Government shutdown, 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 “Armed Forces Pay Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
(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 are not in effect—
(1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code), including members of reserve components who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period; and
(2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian employees of the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “active service” and “inactive-duty training” have the meanings given those terms in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 3. 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 section 2.
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.
(3) September 30, 2026.
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities and intelligence- related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2026 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. <all>
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