Continuing appropriations for FEMA personnel

(a) In general There is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (in this Act referred to as the Administrator) for fiscal year 2026, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the period beginning February 14, 2026, during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect such sums as may be necessary— (1) to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency whose services are required to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); (2) to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments otherwise payable on a regular basis to employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency whose services are required to administer Federal assistance through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements not relating to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and (3) to support all other activities necessary for the administration of every grant program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit the Administrator from awarding or disbursing grant program funding. (c) Charge to future appropriations Expenditures made with amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever an Act in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is included is enacted into law.