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President Trump said on Truth Social that he would order pay for T.S.A. agents, who have worked for weeks without compensation, as a stalemate in Congress over funding has brought chaos to airports.
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Lawmakers have felt pressured to make a deal because of lengthy security checkpoint delays at some airports.
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The bill excludes funding for ICE and Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.
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Bipartisan talks continued, but a deal to reopen the department remained elusive ahead of a major spring travel weekend, and as lawmakers looked toward their own two-week break.
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