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To ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol Police are paid during the Government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Pay Our Capitol Police Act appropriates emergency funds to ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol Police are paid during the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025. The bill provides funds to cover standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other regular payments to Capitol Police officers and employees for work performed during the shutdown period. It also provides payment to contractors whom the Chief of the Capitol Police determines are providing support to Capitol Police during the shutdown. The emergency appropriations remain available until Congress enacts regular or continuing appropriations for the Capitol Police, enacts appropriations for the legislative branch without Capitol Police funding, or until September 30, 2026, whichever comes first. The Act takes effect retroactively as of September 30, 2025.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- Nov 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · senate
- Nov 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 3, 2025
Mr. Lujan (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol Police are paid during the Government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, 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 Our Capitol Police Act”.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND CONTRACTORS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2025.
(a) Appropriations.—For fiscal year 2026, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide, with respect to the period of the lapse in interim continuing appropriations and full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for the Capitol Police that began on October 1, 2025—
(1) standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to all officers and employees of the Capitol Police with respect to any period of work performed by such officers and employees during such period; and
(2) payment to contractors of the Capitol Police whom the Chief of the Capitol Police determines are providing support to officers and employees of the Capitol Police described in paragraph (1) during such period.
(b) Charging of Expenditures.—Expenditures made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation for the Capitol Police whenever a regular appropriation bill or a measure making continuing appropriations for the Capitol Police becomes law.
(c) Termination.—Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under subsection (a) shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of appropriations (including a continuing appropriation) for the Capitol Police for any purpose for which amounts are made available in subsection (a).
(2) The enactment into law of appropriations (including a continuing appropriation) for the legislative branch without any appropriation for such purpose.
(3) September 30, 2026.
(d) Retroactive Effective Date.—This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025. <all>
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