1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Our Border Agents Paid Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for certain employees and contractors of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (a) In general Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 231 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 437. Continuing appropriations for certain employees and contractors of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (a) In general For any period in which there is a lapse in appropriations for the Department, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to provide— (1) pay to excepted employees and covered contractors of covered components of the Department; and (2) benefits under chapters 55 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, to such employees, including— (A) benefits for captives under section 5569 of that title; (B) compensation for disability or death for missing employees under section 5570 of that title; (C) compensation for disability or death of employees under section 8102 of that title