Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill ensures that members of the Coast Guard continue to receive their paychecks even if Congress fails to pass a budget for their department. Currently, because the Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security rather than the Department of Defense, they can lose pay during a government shutdown while other military branches stay funded.
• The plan covers active-duty members, reservists, and certain civilian and contract workers. It also protects important survivor benefits, such as money for funeral travel and housing help for families of members who die while serving on active duty.
• This protection would kick in specifically when the Department of Defense has its funding but the Coast Guard does not. It acts as a safety net to make sure Coast Guard members are treated the same as members of the other military branches during budget disputes.
• The emergency funding would last for up to two weeks or until a regular budget is signed into law. This gives lawmakers a short window to solve budget disagreements without leaving service members and their families without money for rent, groceries, and other basic needs.

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