3.0.0 871 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z Senate S 2017-04-06 115 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T17:57:24Z Military Pay Protection Act of 2017 115 2220 HR 2017-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2017-04-06 ssap00 Appropriations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Coast guard Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development National Guard and reserves Public contracts and procurement Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-04T19:24:57Z Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act

This bill provides appropriations for military pay and allowances during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces.

Under the bill, a "funding gap" is any period of time after the beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.

If a funding gap occurs, the bill provides appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (in the case of the Coast Guard) to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to:

  • members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve components, who perform active service during the funding gap;
  • at the discretion of DOD, civilian DOD personnel who are providing support to the members of the Armed Forces who perform active service during the funding gap; and
  • at the discretion of DOD, personnel of DOD contractors who are providing direct support to the members of the Armed Forces who perform active service during the funding gap.
]]> Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act Display Title Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government activities and services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s871is/xml/BILLS-115s871is.xml 2017-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.