President Donald Trump has ordered that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees be paid immediately, regardless of Congress' ongoing dispute over Department of Homeland Security funding. The move comes as roughly 61,000 TSA employees are missing their second full paycheck after DHS funding lapsed on February 14. The funding will be used from the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act, which provides DHS with $10 billion to support the agency's mission to safeguard US borders. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson criticised the measure as "a joke" and said he would propose his own short-term spending bill to fully fund the agency for eight weeks. The bill allows DHS to use funds for activities supporting safeguarding the border, but TSA is not mentioned in the legislation.