[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 24

    To amend the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing 
 Appropriations Resolution, 2014 to make continuing appropriations for 
    death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of 
                  deceased members of the Coast Guard.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 10, 2013

  Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following 
joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Appropriations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    To amend the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing 
 Appropriations Resolution, 2014 to make continuing appropriations for 
    death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of 
                  deceased members of the Coast Guard.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 1. (a) The Department of Defense Survivor Benefits 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding section 101, by inserting ``or 
        the Department of Homeland Security'' after ``the Department of 
        Defense''; and
            (2) in section 101--
                    (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
                (c);
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
                new subsection (b):
    ``(b) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate of operations as 
provided for fiscal year 2013 in the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 113-6) and under the 
authority and conditions provided in such Act, for the `Operating 
Expenses' account for continuing the projects and activities specified 
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) with respect to members 
of the Coast Guard when not in the service of the Navy that are not 
otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution or the Pay 
Our Military Act and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were made available by the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2013.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by 
                inserting ``or (b)'' after ``subsection (a)''.
    (b) The clause following section 106 of that Joint Resolution is 
amended by striking ``Department of Defense'' and inserting ``Armed 
Forces''.
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