US Congress Senate Bill 1543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to make available to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve components, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the DOD Secretary, to: (1) DOD civilian personnel providing support to such members, and (2) DOD contractor personnel providing direct support to such members. Defines "funding gap" as any period after the beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

HB3187 (Related) 2013-09-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
SB171 (Related) 2013-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
SB1541 (Related) 2013-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1543/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1543/BILLS-113s1543is.pdf