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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5657 
To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. 
BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
BROWN, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
DEGETTE, 
Ms. 
DELBENE, 
Ms. 
ELFRETH, 
Ms. 
ESCOBAR, 
Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. FLETCHER, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GOLDMAN of New 
York, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. LANDSMAN, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 
PETERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mrs. RAMIREZ, 
Mr. RASKIN, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Ms. SIMON, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
WALKINSHAW, Ms. BYNUM, and Mr. AUCHINCLOSS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
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A BILL 
To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Pay for Federal 
Contractors Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION. 
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2026, such sums as may be 
necessary for each Federal agency subject to the lapse in 
appropriations that began on or about October 1, 2025, 
and any subsequent lapse in appropriations occurring dur-
ing fiscal year 2026 for adjustments in the price of con-
tracts of such agency under section 3: Provided that, such 
sums shall be available for such purposes until December 
31, 2026. 
SEC. 3. BACK COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF GOV-
ERNMENT CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION 
WITH THE LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) BACK COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency subject 
to the lapse in appropriations shall adjust the price 
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of any contract of such agency for which the con-
tractor suspended, delayed, or interrupted all or part 
of the work of such contract, or stopped all or any 
part of the work called for in such contract, as a re-
sult of the lapse in appropriations to compensate the 
contractor for reasonable costs incurred— 
(A) to provide compensation, at an employ-
ee’s standard rate of compensation, to any em-
ployee who was furloughed or laid off, or who 
was not working, who experienced a reduction 
of hours, or who experienced a reduction in 
compensation, as a result of the lapse in appro-
priations (for the period of the lapse); or 
(B) to restore paid leave taken by any em-
ployee during the lapse in appropriations, if the 
contractor required or permitted employees to 
use paid leave as a result of the lapse in appro-
priations. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT
NOTWITHSTANDING
CON-
TRACT TERMS.—An adjustment may be made under 
this subsection for costs incurred as described in 
paragraph (1) regardless of whether the contract 
concerned provides for, or otherwise prohibits, the 
contractor to incur such costs or receive such an ad-
justment for incurring such costs. 
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(b) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT
OF WEEKLY COM-
PENSATION COVERED BY ADJUSTMENT.—The maximum 
amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which 
an adjustment may be made under subsection (a) may not 
exceed the lesser of— 
(1) the employee’s actual weekly compensation; 
or 
(2) $1,442 (or an appropriate lesser amount 
pro-rated for an employee who works less than 40 
hours per week). 
(c) SCOPE OF ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT ONLY FOR COSTS ACTUALLY 
INCURRED.—An adjustment may be made under 
subsection (a) only for costs actually incurred by a 
contractor as described in paragraph (1) of that sub-
section. 
(2) PROOF OF PROVISION OF COMPENSATION.— 
A contractor seeking an adjustment under sub-
section (a) shall provide the head of the Federal 
agency concerned such evidence of the costs incurred 
by the contractor as described in paragraph (1) of 
that subsection as the head of the agency, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy, considers appropriate. 
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(d) TIMING OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be made as soon as prac-
ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress and make publicly available a report on the 
adjustments made under subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall set forth the following: 
(A) Each Federal agency described in 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) that made ad-
justments required by that subsection. 
(B) For each agency, the following: 
(i) The total number of contractor 
and subcontractor employees working for 
such agency as of the commencement of 
the lapse in appropriations described in 
subsection (a)(1). 
(ii) The total number of contractor 
employees covered by clause (i) who were 
furloughed, laid off, or did not work as a 
result of the lapse in appropriations. 
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(iii) The total number, if any, of em-
ployees covered by clause (ii) who received 
back compensation in connection with the 
furlough, lay off, or cessation of work. 
(iv) The total number, if any, of em-
ployees covered by clause (ii) who were re-
quired or permitted to use paid leave in 
place of the furlough, lay off, or cessation 
of work. 
(v) The total number, if any, of em-
ployees covered by clause (ii) who received 
back compensation equal to such employ-
ees’ actual weekly compensation in connec-
tion with the furlough, lay off, or cessation 
of work. 
(vi) The total number, if any, of em-
ployees covered by clause (ii) who received 
back compensation that was subject to the 
limitation in subsection (b). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) The term ‘‘compensation’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 6701(1) of title 41, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘employee’’ means the following: 
(A) A ‘‘service employee’’ as that term is 
defined in section 6701(3) of title 41, United 
States Code, except that the term also includes 
service employees described in subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of that section notwithstanding such 
subparagraph. 
(B) A ‘‘laborer or mechanic’’ covered by 
section 3142 of title 40, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each Federal agency subject to 
a lapse in appropriations for adjustments in the price of 
contracts of such agency under section 3. 
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