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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5401
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 16, 2025
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Mace, Mr. Kean, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mrs. Luna, Ms. Perez, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Wittman, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Mills, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Tran, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Graves, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Crank, Mr. Bell, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Strong, Mr. Bresnahan, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Luttrell, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Finstad, and Mr. Self) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a Government shutdown.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Troops Act of 2026
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Continuing appropriations for members of the Armed Forces
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—
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 reserve components thereof, who perform active service during such period;
such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1); and
such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1).
Secretary concerned defined
In this section, the term Secretary concerned means—
the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard.
Termination
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2.
The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.
January 1, 2027.