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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2017 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed |
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| 6 | 6 | | Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH10, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | YKES(for herself and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Appropriations |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members |
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| 14 | 14 | | of the Armed Forces in the event of a lapse in appropria- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tions. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pay Our Military Act’’. 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND AL-5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | LOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FORCES. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) I |
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| 24 | 24 | | NGENERAL.—There are hereby appropriated for 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | otherwise appropriated, for any period during which in-10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2017 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | terim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2025 are 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and allowances to— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) members of the Armed Forces, including 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the reserve components thereof, who perform active 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | service or inactive-duty training during such period; 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) civilian employees of the Department of De-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | fense (and the Department of Homeland Security in 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | is not operating as a service in the Department of 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | are providing support to members of the Armed 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Forces described in paragraph (1); and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) contractors of the Department of Defense 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (and the Department of Homeland Security in the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | not operating as a service in the Department of the 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines are 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | providing support to members of the Armed Forces 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | described in paragraph (1). 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) T |
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| 51 | 51 | | ERMINATION.—Appropriations and funds made 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | be available until the first of the following occurs: 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (including a continuing appropriation) for any pur-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 2017 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | pose for which amounts are made available in sub-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | section (a). 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | other Act without any appropriation for such pur-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | pose. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) January 1, 2026. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (c) D |
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| 67 | 67 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) The terms ‘‘active service’’, ‘‘Armed 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Forces’’, and ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ have the 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 10, 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | United States Code. 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) The term ‘‘reserve components’’ means the 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | components named in section 10101 of title 10, 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | United States Code. 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (A) the Secretary of Defense with respect 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | to the Department of Defense; and 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | with respect to matters concerning the Coast 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | as a service in the Department of the Navy. 22 |
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