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Oct 22, 2025
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.
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<p><strong>Pay Our Military Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which continuing or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).</p><p>Specifically, the bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for pay, allowances, and certain benefits for members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period. The benefits funded by the bill include individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and monthly payments to surviving spouses who care for a child of a member or former member of the Armed Forces.</p><p>The bill also provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for</p><ul><li>pay and allowances for Department of Defense (DOD) civilian personnel (and Department of Homeland Security [DHS] personnel in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces, and</li><li>payments for DOD contractors (and DHS contractors in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to the members of the Armed Forces.</li></ul><p>A federal agency may not use funds provided by this bill during any period in which continuing appropriations are available for the same payments, allowances, and benefits that are funded by this bill. </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) September 30, 2026. </p>
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.
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Version: Placed on Calendar Senate
Version Date: Oct 22, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:05 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3030 Placed on Calendar Senate
(PCS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 204
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3030
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a
Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 22 (legislative day, October 21), 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr.
Budd, Ms. Collins, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde-Smith,
Mr. Lee, Mr. McCormick, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Mullin, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mr. Young, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill;
which was read the first time
October 22, 2025
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a
Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3030 Placed on Calendar Senate
(PCS) ]
<DOC>
Calendar No. 204
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3030
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a
Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 22 (legislative day, October 21), 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr.
Budd, Ms. Collins, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde-Smith,
Mr. Lee, Mr. McCormick, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Mullin, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mr. Young, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill;
which was read the first time
October 22, 2025
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a
Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Military Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
(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 continuing appropriations or full-year
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect--
(1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay, allowances,
individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits,
gratuities, and permanent change of station travel (including
all expenses thereof for organizational movements) 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, and for payments
pursuant to
(a)
(4) of title
10, United States Code), including reserve components thereof,
who perform active service during such period, and for payments
pursuant to
section 156 of Public Law 97-377 (42 U.
note);
(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 payment 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) Interim Continuing Appropriations.--Appropriations made
available under subsection
(a) may not be obligated or expended by the
head of an agency during any period during which continuing
appropriations for the purposes for which amounts are made available
under subsection
(a) are in effect for the agency.
(c) Charge to Future Appropriations.--Expenditures made pursuant to
subsection
(a) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund,
or authorization whenever an Act in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is included is enacted into law.
(d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
(1) Active service.--The term ``active service'' has the
meaning given such term in
(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 payment 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) Interim Continuing Appropriations.--Appropriations made
available under subsection
(a) may not be obligated or expended by the
head of an agency during any period during which continuing
appropriations for the purposes for which amounts are made available
under subsection
(a) are in effect for the agency.
(c) Charge to Future Appropriations.--Expenditures made pursuant to
subsection
(a) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund,
or authorization whenever an Act in which such applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization is included is enacted into law.
(d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
(1) Active service.--The term ``active service'' has the
meaning given such term in
section 101
(d) of title 10, United
States Code.
(d) of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) Reserve component.--The term ``reserve component''
means a component named in
States Code.
(2) Reserve component.--The term ``reserve component''
means a component named in
section 10101 of title 10, United
States Code.
States Code.
(3) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
means--
(A) the Secretary of Defense with respect to
matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect
to matters concerning the Coast Guard.
(3) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
means--
(A) the Secretary of Defense with respect to
matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect
to matters concerning the Coast Guard.
SEC. 3.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this Act to an agency shall be available until whichever of
the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of appropriations for the agency
through September 30, 2026 (including a continuing
appropriation) that provides amounts for the purposes for which
amounts are made available under
section 2.
(2) The enactment into law of appropriations for the agency
through September 30, 2026 (including a continuing
appropriation) without any appropriation for such purposes.
(3) September 30, 2026.
SEC. 4.
This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.
Calendar No. 204
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3030
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A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a
Government shutdown, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 22, 2025
Read the second time and placed on the calendar