[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 374 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 374

To make continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event that 
appropriations for Coast Guard pay in fiscal year 2019 expire and a new 
                appropriations Act has not been enacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To make continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event that 
appropriations for Coast Guard pay in fiscal year 2019 expire and a new 
                appropriations Act has not been 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 ``Always Ready Act of 2019''.

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

    There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2019, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during 
which interim or full-year appropriations 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;
            (4) such sums as are necessary for--
                    (A) the payment of a death gratuity under sections 
                1475 through 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; and
            (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for Coast Guard 
        retired pay, including such payments as are described in the 
        provision regarding Coast Guard retired pay in title II of 
        division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
        Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 348).

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) October 1, 2019.
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