Transportation Security Administration Pay Act of 2026
On calendar: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- On calendar
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +7
- Latest action
- Mar 18
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What it does
Transportation Security Administration Pay Act of 2026 This bill provides continuing appropriations to provide pay and benefits to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees during the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown that began on February 14, 2026. (A partial government shutdown is currently in effect for TSA and other DHS agencies because the FY2026 DHS appropriations bill has not been enacted and continuing appropriations for DHS are not in effect.) Specifically, the bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to TSA…
Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 17
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What moved
Who is involved
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]Lead sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
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