Pay and benefits money is available for back pay after a lapse
What the document says“Notwithstanding section 106(1), amounts made available in divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.”
Section 116 of division A makes the pay money in divisions A through D available for the payments described in section 1341(c) of title 31, the provision that deals with pay for work done during a lapse in appropriations, and says those payments shall be made.
What the document actually says“Notwithstanding section 106(1), amounts made available in divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.”
Money set aside for pay can be used for the pay owed from the shutdown. That pay must be made.
The government ran out of money in October 2025 and shut down. Workers still had pay coming. This says the money is there for it.
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