Shutdown Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7137 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7137 To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, contract employees, and members of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2026 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Mackenzie, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Mann, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Steil, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Soto, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Garbarino, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To appropriate funds for pay and allowances of Federal employees, contract employees, and members of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations, 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 ``Shutdown Fairness Act''. SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``agency''-- (A) means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States; and (B) includes each element of the District of Columbia public employer, as defined in section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code; (2) the term ``covered contractor'' means a contractor-- (A) with which an agency has a contr