Ensures pay and benefits continue for excepted employees and contractors in CBP's U.S. Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, Office of Field Operations, and ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations during a government shutdown lapse in appropriations.
For any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for the Department, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide-- (1) pay to excepted employees and covered contractors of covered components of the Department;
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Ensures pay and benefits continue for excepted employees and contractors in CBP and ICE components that cooperate with and support federal immigration enforcement during a government shutdown lapse in appropriations.
For any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for the Department, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide-- (1) pay to excepted employees and covered contractors of covered components of the Department;
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-01-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Filed
2026-01-15
Committee
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new section to the Homeland Security Act guaranteeing automatic appropriations to pay excepted employees and covered contractors (including those supporting them) in specific CBP and ICE enforcement components during any lapse in appropriations from a government shutdown. This prevents unpaid furloughs for border patrol, field operations, air/marine, HSI, and ERO personnel, expanding the continuity and scope of federal immigration enforcement operations that would otherwise be disrupted.