[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4074 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4074

   To make continuing appropriations for essential Cybersecurity and 
  Infrastructure Security Agency pay and operations in the event of a 
          Federal Government shutdown, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2026

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To make continuing appropriations for essential Cybersecurity and 
  Infrastructure Security Agency pay and operations in the event of a 
          Federal 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fund CISA Personnel Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CISA PERSONNEL.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated to the Director of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for fiscal year 2026, 
out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
period beginning February 14, 2026, during which interim or full-year 
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect, such sums as may 
be necessary to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay 
differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a 
regular basis to employees of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency.
    (b) Limitation to Individuals Affected by Lapse in 
Appropriations.--Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) may not be 
used to provide pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, or other 
payments to an employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency for any portion of the period described in subsection 
(a) for which the employee is provided with such pay, allowances, pay 
differentials, benefits, or other payments using amounts other than 
amounts appropriated under subsection (a).
    (c) Charge to Future Appropriations.--Expenditures made with 
amounts appropriated under 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) Terms and Conditions.--Pay, allowances, pay differentials, 
benefits, and other payments provided by the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency using amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements, authorities, 
conditions, and limitations applicable with respect to the provision of 
pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments by the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4; 
139 Stat. 9).

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

    Amounts made available and authority granted under this Act shall 
be available until the earliest of the following dates:
            (1) The date of enactment into law of an appropriation 
        (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for 
        which amounts are made available under section 2(a).
            (2) The date on enactment into law of the applicable 
        regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act 
        without any appropriation for any purpose for which amounts are 
        made available under section 2(a).
            (3) September 30, 2026.

SEC. 4. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as if enacted on February 13, 2026.
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