[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1508 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1508

 Making appropriations to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are 
            paid during any period of lapsed appropriations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2011

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are 
            paid during any period of lapsed appropriations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assure Servicemembers Are Paid Act 
of 2011'' or ``ASAP Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUANCE OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND COAST GUARD CIVILIAN 
              EMPLOYEES DURING PERIODS OF LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that, since the President, Vice 
President, and members of Congress are paid compensation 
notwithstanding any period of lapsed appropriations to comply with 
section 6 of Article I and section 1 of Article II of the United States 
Constitution and the XXVII Amendment, equity and fairness demand the 
same consideration be given to members of the Armed Forces defending 
the United States and the civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense and the Coast Guard supporting the warfighter.
    (b) Appropriation of Funds.--Amounts are hereby appropriated to the 
Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 
case of the Coast Guard) during a period of lapsed appropriations, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to allow the 
Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 
case of the Coast Guard) to continue to provide pay and allowances 
(without interruption) to members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard.
    (c) Period of Lapsed Appropriations.--In this section, the term 
``period of lapsed appropriations'' means any period during which 
appropriations are not available due to the absence of the timely 
enactment of any Act or joint resolution (including any Act or joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations) appropriating funds for 
the payment of the pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard.
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