S. 3030 · On the floor · Armed Forces and National Security

Pay Our Military Act of 2025

Sponsor: Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

What it does

• Provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for military pay, allowances, and benefits (clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, survivor payments) if a government shutdown occurs.
• Funds pay and allowances for Department of Defense civilian personnel and Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard personnel who support active-duty members.
• Funds payments to Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security contractors providing support to active-duty members.
• Continues these appropriations until enactment of full-year FY2026 appropriations legislation or September 30, 2026, whichever is earlier.

Official summary

Pay Our Military Act of 2025 This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which continuing or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown). Specifically, the bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for pay, allowances, and certain benefits for members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period. The benefits funded by the bill include individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and monthly payments to surviving spouses who care for a child of a member or former member of the Armed Forces. The bill also provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for pay and allowances for Department of Defense (DOD) civilian personnel (and Department of Homeland Security [DHS] personnel in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces, and payments for DOD contractors (and DHS contractors in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to the members of the Armed Forces. A federal agency may not use funds provided by this bill during any period in…

Latest action

Oct 22, 2025: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 204.