[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3214 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3214

  Making continuing appropriations for personnel critical to national 
                 security during a Government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  Making continuing appropriations for personnel critical to national 
                 security during a Government shutdown.

    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 ``Preserve our National Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, 
              NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
              SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 
year 2014 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 during 
        such period as well as employees of agencies part of the 
        National Intelligence Program, the Department of Homeland 
        Security, and the Department of Veterans Affairs;
            (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of 
        Defense, employees of agencies within the National Intelligence 
        Program, employees of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
        employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs whom the 
        Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, or Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs are providing support to veterans or United States 
        national security interests related to military, intelligence 
        services, and securing and staffing borders and ports of entry 
        (1); and
            (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to contractors of the Department of Defense, 
        employees of agencies within the National Intelligence Program, 
        employees of the Department of Homeland Security, and employees 
        of the Department of Veterans Affairs whom the Secretary of 
        Defense, Director of National Intelligence, Secretary of 
        Homeland Security, or Department of Veterans Affairs are 
        providing benefits to veterans of the Armed Forces or support 
        to United States national security interests related to 
        military, intelligence services, and securing and staffing 
        borders and ports of entry described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. 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) January 1, 2015.
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