Sentinel Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) has reintroduced the Federal Employee Civil Relief Act, a bill designed to protect federal employees and contractors from shutdown-related financial hardships, such as foreclosures and evictions, by allowing them to defer various financial obligations. This legislation has been introduced by Schatz multiple times previously. Read more: https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/reintroduced-bill-would-shield-federal-employees-shutdown-related-foreclosures-and-evictions/408794/
Karl I hope they pass this protection for federal employees without all the fat and the government shutdown ends ASAP!