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Pay Our Troops Act of 2025
This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2025 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).
Specifically, the bill provides FY2025 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period; and (2) civilian personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces.
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, 2026.
People & committees
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] · R–VA
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Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Pay Our Troops Act of 2025 would fund military pay and allowances during gaps in funding for fiscal year 2025. It would cover service members performing active service, including reservists. It would also fund pay and allowances for civilian staff and contractors whom the responsible secretary determines are supporting those service members.
This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Troops Act of 2025.
There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2025 are not in effect—
(1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances 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;
(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 pay and allowances 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).
The bill would directly provide Treasury funding, rather than merely authorize future funding, during periods without interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2025. For service members performing active service during those periods, including reserve components, it would provide whatever sums are necessary for pay and allowances, without specifying a dollar total.
There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2025 are not in effect— (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances 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;
Civilian personnel of the Defense Department, and of the Homeland Security Department for the Coast Guard, would qualify for necessary pay and allowances if the responsible secretary determines they support the covered service members.
(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);
Contractors of the Defense Department, and of the Homeland Security Department for the Coast Guard, would likewise qualify for necessary pay and allowances if the responsible secretary determines they support the covered service members.
(3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances 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).
The Secretary of Defense would make the relevant determinations for Defense Department matters. The Secretary of Homeland Security would do so for Coast Guard matters.
In this section, the term Secretary concerned means— (1) the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard.
The bill's funding and authority would end at the earliest of three events: enactment of an appropriation for a purpose funded by section 2, including temporary funding; enactment of the applicable regular or temporary funding legislation or other Act without funding for that purpose; or January 1, 2026.
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 section 2. (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, 2026.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Appropriations on March 6, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T21:32:29Z. 2025-03-06: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. 2025-03-06: Introduced in House
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