S. 3002Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Pay Our Military Act of 2025

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Updated November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM UTC

The Pay Our Military Act of 2025 makes sure that members of the armed forces, their supporting civilian employees, and contractors continue to receive pay if a government shutdown prevents the FY 2026 budget from being enacted. It draws the money from any unspent Treasury funds and applies to both the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard. The temporary funding ends when a proper appropriations bill is passed or on Jan. 1 2027, whichever occurs first.

Key Provisions

If the FY 2026 appropriations bill isn’t passed, the Act provides money from any unallocated Treasury funds to keep paying active‑duty service members, reserve members on active duty, DoD and Coast Guard civilian staff who support them, and contractors who support them.
The Secretary of Defense (for DoD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (for the Coast Guard) decide which civilian personnel and contractors qualify for the pay continuation.
The temporary funding lasts until either a regular or continuing appropriations bill is enacted, or until January 1 2027, whichever happens first.

Legislative Activity

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SenateIntro Referral Latest Action

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent.

Appropriations Committee

October 30, 2025

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

October 9, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

October 9, 2025

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Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Armed Services Committee

October 30, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent.

Appropriations Committee

October 30, 2025

Floor Debate

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What members said about S. 3002 on the floor

1 Republican

Sen. John ThuneR-SD · Oct 30, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3002 and the bill be referred to the Appropriations Committee.

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Reference Change SenateIssued October 30, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 3002

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 9, 2025

Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Young, Mr. McCormick, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

October 30, 2025

Committee discharged; 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 Military Act of 2025.

Continuing appropriations for members of the Armed Forces

(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 reserve components thereof, who perform active service during such period;

(2)

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

(3)

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).

(b)

Secretary concerned defined

In this section, the term Secretary concerned means—

(1)

the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense; and

(2)

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:

(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)