[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1564

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2013

 Mr. Sanders (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Begich, Mr. Tester, and Mr. 
  Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making continuing appropriations for veterans benefits and services 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Those Who Protected Us 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES.

    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 to administer and provide 
benefits and services to veterans, dependents, and survivors provided 
under chapters 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 35, and 39 of title 
38, United States Code.

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.
            (3) January 1, 2015.
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