[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 545 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 545

 Making continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 expires 
 and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015 is 
                              not enacted.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 2015

   Mr. Thune 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 Coast Guard pay in the event the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 expires 
 and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015 is 
                              not enacted.

    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 ``Pay Our Coast Guard Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD.

    There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2015, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during 
which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Coast Guard are not in effect--
            (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as described in 
        section 1 of title 14, United States Code), including the 
        reserve component thereof, who perform active service or 
        inactive-duty training during such period;
            (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard;
            (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; and
            (4) such sums as are necessary for--
                    (A) the payment of a death gratuity under sections 
                1475-1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, 
                with respect to members of the Coast Guard;
                    (B) the payment or reimbursement of authorized 
                funeral travel and travel related to the dignified 
                transfer of remains and unit memorial services under 
                section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with 
                respect to members of the Coast Guard; and
                    (C) the temporary continuation of a basic allowance 
                of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard 
                dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) 
                of title 37, 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, 2016.
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