[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2359-S2360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BAUCUS:
  S. 774. A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances and 
support for members of the Armed Forces, their families, and other 
personnel critical to national security during a funding gap; to the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, this is a bill to appropriate funds for 
pay and allowances and support for members of the Armed Forced, their 
families, and other personnel critical to national security during a 
funding gap.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 774

       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 ``Enduring Support for 
     Defenders of Freedom and Their Families Act''.

     SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND SUPPORT FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, THEIR FAMILIES, 
                   AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONNEL CRITICAL TO 
                   NATIONAL SECURITY DURING A FUNDING GAP.

       (a) In General.--During a funding gap impacting the Armed 
     Forces and the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, out of any 
     amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, amounts as follows:
       (1) Such amounts as the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security determine to be necessary to 
     continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) 
     to the following:
       (A) Members and dependents of the Army, the Navy, the Air 
     Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, including reserve 
     components thereof, and the U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection, who perform active service during the funding 
     gap.
       (B) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, such civilian personnel of 
     the Department of Defense and the Department of

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     Homeland Security who are providing support to the personnel 
     referred to in paragraph (1) as the Secretaries consider 
     appropriate.
       (C) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, such personnel of contractors 
     of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland 
     Security who are providing direct support to the personnel 
     referred to in paragraph (1) as the Secretaries consider 
     appropriate.
       (2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, such amounts as the 
     Secretaries determine to be necessary to continue carrying 
     out programs (and the pay and allowances of personnel 
     carrying out such programs) that provide direct support to 
     the members of the Armed Forces and the Department of 
     Homeland Security, including programs as follows:
       (A) Programs for the support of families, including child 
     care and family support services.
       (B) Such programs of the Department of Defense for the 
     provision of medical treatment as the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate, including programs for the provision 
     of rehabilitative services and counseling for combat injuries 
     (including, but not limited to, Post Traumatic Stress 
     Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)).
       (b) Funding Gap Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``funding gap'' means any period of time after the beginning 
     of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year 
     appropriations for the personnel and other applicable 
     accounts of the Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland 
     Security for that fiscal year have not been enacted.
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