Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act

Bill: 119-hr-5680
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2025-10-03
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-10-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing appropriations to pay public shipyard workers during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 or FY2027 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides continuing appropriations to provide pay and allowances to civilian and military public shipyard workers who work during the government&nbsp;shutdown.</p><p>If a government shutdown occurs, the bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2027.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5680 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 2025 Ms. Goodlander (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia , Mr. Pappas , Ms. Tokuda , and Ms. Randall ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for civilian and military public shipyard workers (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 or 2027 are not in effect such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian and military public shipyard workers who work during such period. (b) 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 subsection (a). (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) January 1, 2027.