Overview
- President Donald Trump signed a stopgap funding bill on Nov. 12 to end the 43-day shutdown and reopen most federal operations.
- An OMB projection says back-pay processing will begin over the weekend of Nov. 15–16 and aims to complete initial payments by Nov. 19.
- GSA and OPM payments are slated for Nov. 15 (base pay), Energy, HHS, VA, and Defense civilians for Nov. 16 (including overtime and hazard pay), and Education, State, Interior, Transportation, EPA, NASA, NSF, NRC, and SSA for Nov. 17 (base pay).
- Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, HUD, Justice, Labor, Treasury, and SBA are projected to pay on Nov. 19, with those checks covering the full shutdown period.
- Back pay is required under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, and agencies ordered staff to return Nov. 13 as services resume on staggered schedules, with air travel and SNAP benefits normalizing over several days.