Pay FEMA Personnel Act of 2026

This bill aims to provide continuing appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to maintain its operations and ensure personnel are paid during a federal government shutdown in fiscal year 2026. It specifically appropriates funds from the Treasury to cover standard rates of pay, allowances, benefits, and other payments for FEMA employees whose services are required for disaster relief under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Furthermore, the bill ensures funding for employees administering other federal assistance through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, and supports all activities necessary for the administration of every FEMA grant program. This measure explicitly allows the Administrator to continue awarding and disbursing grant program funding. The appropriations are retroactively effective to February 13, 2026, and remain available until a full-year or continuing appropriation is enacted into law, or until September 30, 2026.