Pay Our Capitol Police Act appropriates funds for Capitol Police personnel and contractors during the 2025 government shutdown.
The Pay Our Capitol Police Act provides appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol Police are paid during the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025. The funds cover standard rates of pay, allowances, benefits, and other payments for officers and employees, as well as payments to contractors supporting Capitol Police operations. The Act specifies that expenditures will be charged to the applicable appropriation for the Capitol Police once a regular appropriation bill or continuing appropriations measure is enacted.
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