Floor SpeechUrgent2026-06-04

Text of Senate Amendment 5734

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On 2026-06-04, Senator Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5734" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5734

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2617] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5734. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN FORCE. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``agency'' means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States; (2) the term ``covered individual''-- (A) means each employee of an agency, without regard to whether, during the period of any lapse in appropriations with respect to that agency occurring before the date of enactment of this Act-- (i) the head of that agency determined that the individual was an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as those terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; or (ii) the individual was subject to furlough; and (B) includes-- (i) a contractor who provides support to an employee described in subparagraph (A); (ii) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and (iii) a member of a reserve component who, during a covered lapse in appropriations with respect to the applicable agency, performs active service or inactive-duty training; (3) the term ``covered lapse in appropriations'' means, with respect to an agency, a lapse in appropriations with respect to that agency beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, and ending on the termination date; and (4) the term ``termination date'' means the date on which, after the start of a covered lapse in appropriations-- (A) there are enacted into law appropriations for the agency (including a continuing appropriation) that provide amounts for the purposes for which amounts are made available under subsection (b); or (B) there are enacted into law appropriations for the agency (including a continuing appropriation) without any appropriation for such purposes. (b) Appropriations.--For fiscal year 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are appropriated to the head of each agency with respect to which there is a covered lapse in appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide, with respect to the covered lapse in appropriations, standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to covered individuals with respect to the agency. (c) Prohibition.--During a covered lapse in appropriations, none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to propose or implement a reduction in force, or any similar effort, to permanently reduce the number of employees employed by an agency. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5734 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2617] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5734. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN FORCE. (a) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``agency'' means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States; (2) the term ``covered individual''-- (A) means each employee of an agency, without regard to whether, during the period of any lapse in appropriations with respect to that agency occurring before the date of enactment of this Act-- (i) the head of that agency determined that the individual was an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as those terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management; or (ii) the individual was subject to furlough; and (B) includes-- (i) a contractor who provides support to an employee described in subparagraph (A); (ii) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; and (iii) a member of a reserve component who, during a covered lapse in appropriations with respect to the applicable agency, performs active service or inactive-duty training; (3) the term ``covered lapse in appropriations'' means, with respect to an agency, a lapse in appropriations with respect to that agency beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, and ending on the termination date; and (4) the term ``termination date'' means the date on which, after the start of a covered lapse in appropriations-- (A) there are enacted into law appropriations for the agency (including a continuing appropriation) that provide amounts for the purposes for which amounts are made available under subsection (b); or (B) there are enacted into law appropriations for the agency (including a continuing appropriation) without any appropriation for such purposes. (b) Appropriations.--For fiscal year 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are appropriated to the head of each agency with respect to which there is a covered lapse in appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide, with respect to the covered lapse in appropriations, standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to covered individuals with respect to the agency. (c) Prohibition.--During a covered lapse in appropriations, none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to propose or implement a reduction in force, or any similar effort, to permanently reduce the number of employees employed by an agency. ______