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<title>Pay Our Coast Guard Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s545v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-06-30">
<action-date>2015-02-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Pay Our Coast Guard Act </b></p> <p>This bill provides FY2015 appropriations to the Coast Guard for any period during which FY2015 appropriations are not in effect. The appropriations are provided to the Coast Guard for:</p> <ul> <li>pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard, civilian employees, and contractors; and</li> <li> the payment of a death gratuity, funeral travel, and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty. </li> </ul> <p>The appropriations are provided until the enactment of specified appropriations legislation or January 1, 2016. </p>]]></summary-text>
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