[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 777 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 777

To clarify the authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide for the 
pay of the military of the United States under the Feed and Forage Act 
                                of 1861.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2011

Mrs. Hutchison introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify the authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide for the 
pay of the military of the United States under the Feed and Forage Act 
                                of 1861.

    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 ``Temporary Military Pay Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.

    (a) In General.--During a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, 
the Secretary of Defense shall under the authority provided under 
section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 11) provide pay and 
allowances (without interruption) to the following:
            (1) Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and 
        Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who perform 
        active service through the funding gap.
            (2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such 
        civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who are 
        providing support to the members of the Armed Forces described 
        in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate.
            (3) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such 
        personnel of contractors of the Department of Defense who are 
        providing direct support to the members of the Armed Forces 
        described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (b) Funding Gap Defined.--In this Act, the term ``funding gap'' 
means 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.
    (c) Expiration.--Authority under this Act expires on September 30, 
2011.
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