[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4174 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4174

To provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving 
 pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 
   percent of the pay the employees should have received during the 
                               shutdown.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2026

  Mr. Gallego introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide a premium payment to employees who worked without receiving 
 pay during the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security of 10 
   percent of the pay the employees should have received during the 
                               shutdown.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PREMIUM PAYMENT TO DHS WORKERS REQUIRED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY 
              DURING SHUTDOWN.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered lapse in appropriations.--The term ``covered 
        lapse in appropriations'' means the lapse in appropriations 
        that began on February 14, 2026.
            (2) Hours worked without pay.--The term ``hours worked 
        without pay'', with respect to an unpaid employee, means any 
        hours worked by the unpaid employee during the covered lapse in 
        appropriations for which the unpaid employee did not receive 
        pay during the period of the covered lapse in appropriations.
            (3) Unpaid employee.--The term ``unpaid employee''--
                    (A) means an employee--
                            (i) employed by an agency affected by the 
                        covered lapse in appropriations;
                            (ii) who performed work for the agency 
                        described in clause (i) during the covered 
                        lapse in appropriations; and
                            (iii) who did not receive pay for any of 
                        the work described in clause (ii) during the 
                        period of the covered lapse in appropriations; 
                        and
                    (B) does not include an employee of an agency 
                affected by the covered lapse in appropriations who 
                received pay during the period of the covered lapse in 
                appropriations for any of the work performed by the 
                employee during the covered lapse in appropriations.
    (b) Premium Payment.--Not later than 1 day after the end of the 
covered lapse in appropriations, the head of each agency employing 
unpaid employees shall make a 1-time payment to each unpaid employee of 
the agency in the amount equal to 10 percent of the product obtained by 
multiplying--
            (1) the number of hours worked without pay by the unpaid 
        employee; by
            (2) the hourly rate of basic pay of the unpaid employee.
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