115 HR 4871 IH: Pay Our Military Act of 2018 U.S. House of Representatives 2018-01-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 4871IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 20, 2018Ms. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AppropriationsA BILLMaking continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits in the event of a Government shutdown.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Military Act of 2018.

2.

Continuing appropriations for pay and death benefits for members of the Armed Forces

(a)

In general

There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2018, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2018 are not in effect— (1)such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code), including reserve components thereof, who perform active service, including drill, during such period; (2)such sums as are necessary for the payment of death benefits authorized by subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, for individuals who die during such period; (3)such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) and in connection with the payment of benefits described in paragraph (2); and (4)such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) and in connection with the payment of benefits described in paragraph (2). (b)

Secretary concerned defined

In this section, the term Secretary concerned means— (1)the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Department of Defense; and (2)the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard.

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Termination

Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose; or (3) September 30, 2018.