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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5680

Introduced

Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act

Sponsor
DMaggie Goodlander· New Hampshire
Introduced
October 3, 2025
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.October 3, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5680 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5680

Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public 
shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 3, 2025

Ms. Goodlander (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. 
Tokuda, and Ms. Randall) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

Making continuing appropriations for civilian and military public 
shipyard workers pay in the event of a Government shutdown.

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 ``Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PUBLIC 
SHIPYARD WORKERS.

(a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 
year 2026 or 2027 are not in effect such sums as are necessary to 
provide pay and allowances to civilian and military public shipyard 
workers who work during such period.
(b) Termination.--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 subsection (a).
(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, 2027.
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