Text of Senate Amendment 4788

Text of Senate Amendment 4788

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026) [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. ______