[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3225 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3225

Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits in the event of 
                         a Government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2013

   Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Graves of 
 Georgia, Mr. Radel, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Gosar, 
Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Grimm, 
     Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Benishek, Mr. 
    Rohrabacher, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Cook, Mr. Williams, Mr. Yoho, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
  Coble, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Amash, Mr. 
  Harris, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. DesJarlais, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. 
Reichert, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Posey, 
 Mr. McClintock, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Hunter, Mr. 
    Gingrey of Georgia, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits in the event of 
                         a Government shutdown.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR VETERANS COMPENSATION, PENSION 
              BENEFITS, AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

    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, such sums as are necessary, at a rate for operations as 
provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and 
under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, to administer 
and furnish the compensation, pension benefits, readjustment benefits, 
veterans insurance and indemnities, veterans housing benefits, and 
vocational rehabilitation benefits provided for under title 38, United 
States Code.

SEC. 2. 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 1.
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.
            (3) January 1, 2015.
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