Overview

• Reps. Jen Kiggans, Maggie Goodlander, and Chris Pappas introduced the Pay Our Public Shipyard Workers Act on Oct. 3 to keep pay flowing to civilian and military staff at the four public naval shipyards.
• The bill has backing from more than 50 House members but has not been scheduled for a vote as Congress remains deadlocked on government funding.
• At Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 280 workers have been furloughed while the rest of the roughly 6,400-person workforce is deemed essential and working without pay.
• Thousands of employees across the shipyards face unpaid work or furloughs, and the next military pay date on Oct. 15 could be missed without a funding deal.
• President Donald Trump told sailors their pay is “coming,” though paychecks will not process without congressional action to reopen the government.