[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4788. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Security 
     Administration Pay Act of 2026''.

     SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
                   ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL.

       The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer, from the 
     unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated under 
     section 100052 of Public Law 119-21, such sums as may be 
     necessary to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay 
     differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable 
     on a regular basis to employees of the Transportation 
     Security Administration for the period beginning on February 
     14, 2026 and ending on the last day during which interim or 
     full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in 
     effect.

     SEC. 3. LIMITATION TO INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY LAPSE IN 
                   APPROPRIATIONS.

       Amounts transferred pursuant to section 2 may not be used 
     to provide pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, or 
     other payments to an employee of the Transportation Security 
     Administration for any portion of the period described in 
     section 2 for which the employee is provided with such pay, 
     allowances, pay differentials, benefits, or other payments 
     using amounts other than amounts provided under section 2.

     SEC. 4. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

       Pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other 
     payments provided by the Transportation Security 
     Administration using amounts transferred pursuant to section 
     2 shall be subject to the requirements, authorities, 
     conditions, and limitations applicable with respect to the 
     provision of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, 
     and other payments by the Transportation Security 
     Administration under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
     and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4; 139 Stat. 9).

     SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

       Amounts transferred pursuant to section 2 shall remain 
     available beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and ending on the earliest of--
        (a) the date of the enactment of an Act of Congress that 
     appropriates amounts for any purpose described in section 2;
       (b) the date of the enactment of an Act of Congress of the 
     applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 
     other Act without any appropriation for any such purpose; or
       (c) September 30, 2026.

     SEC. 6. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act shall take effect as if this Act had been enacted 
     on February 13, 2026.
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