SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY 
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS. 
Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered employee’ means— 
‘‘(i) any employee of the United States 
Government or of a District of Columbia public 
employer furloughed as a result of a lapse in 
appropriations; 
‘‘(ii) any excepted employee who is re-
quired to perform work during such lapse; and 
‘‘(iii) any contractor with the Federal Gov-
ernment (or an employee of such contractor) 
placed on unpaid leave as a result of such lapse; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘shutdown cost’ means any cost 
incurred by a covered employee as a direct result of 
a lapse in appropriations, including expenses for 
loans and credit cards, and any fees, fine, or interest 
resulting from the employees inability to make pay-
ments as a direct result of a loss in salary due to 
such lapse; 
‘‘(C) the terms ‘District of Columbia public em-
ployer’, ‘employee’, and ‘excepted employee’ have the 
meaning given those terms in subsection (c); and 
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‘‘(D) the term ‘State’ means any of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any territory or possession of the 
United States, and includes Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(2)(A) With respect to the lapse in appropriations 
beginning on or about October 1, 2025, each covered em-
ployee shall be paid for any shutdown cost at the earliest 
date possible after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, and subject to the enactment of appropriations 
Acts ending the lapse. 
‘‘(B) With respect to any other lapse in appropria-
tions of a duration of 14 days or longer occurring after 
the lapse in appropriations described in subparagraph (A), 
any covered employee shall, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, be paid for any shutdown cost at the ear-
liest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends. 
‘‘(3)(A) Any State that makes an expenditure of 
State funds for payments for assistance programs that 
would be, but for a lapse in appropriations of a duration 
of 14 days or longer (including the lapse described in sub-
paragraph (A)), provided by the Federal Government shall 
be reimbursed for such payments not later than 90 days 
after the lapse in appropriations ends. 
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‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to any State ex-
penditure with respect to which reimbursement is provided 
by the Federal Government under any other provision of 
law, including unemployment compensation. 
‘‘(4)(A) In order to receive reimbursement under 
paragraph (2) or (3), a covered employee or State (as the 
case may be) shall submit an application to the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in such form and manner as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate, not later than 1 year after the 
applicable lapse in appropriations ends. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine what documenta-
tion shall be included with such an application to verify 
the shutdown costs or expenditure submitted by a covered 
employee or a State, respectively. 
‘‘(C) Upon approval by the Secretary, reimbursement 
shall be provided to the covered employee or State, con-
sistent with the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(5)(A) There is established in the general fund of 
the Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘Reserve Fund 
for Employees Affected By Government Shutdowns’ (in 
this paragraph referred to as the ‘Fund’), which shall con-
sist of amounts appropriated into the Fund after the date 
of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
amounts in the Fund shall be available for purposes of 
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paying the shutdown costs of any covered employee during 
a lapse in appropriations beginning after the lapse re-
ferred to in paragraph (2)(A).’’. 
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