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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2051
5	5	To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast
6	6	Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enact-
7	7	ment of a new appropriations Act, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH11, 2025
10	10	Mr. G
11	11	REENof Tennessee (for himself and Mr. GIMENEZ) introduced the fol-
12	12	lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
13	13	Infrastructure
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropria-
16	16	tions for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations
17	17	Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations
18	18	Act, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard Sustained 4
23	23	Funding Act of 2025’’. 5
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27	27	SEC. 2. PAY; CONTINUATION DURING LAPSE IN APPROPRIA-1
28	28	TIONS. 2
29	29	(a) I
30	30	NGENERAL.—Chapter 27 of title 14, United 3
31	31	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
32	32	lowing: 5
33	33	‘‘§ 2780. Pay; continuation during lapse in appropria-6
34	34	tions 7
35	35	‘‘(a) I
36	36	NGENERAL.—In the case of any period in 8
37	37	which there is a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse, there 9
38	38	are appropriated such sums as may be necessary— 10
39	39	‘‘(1) to provide pay and allowances to military 11
40	40	members of the Coast Guard, including the reserve 12
41	41	component thereof, who perform active service or in-13
42	42	active-duty training during such period; 14
43	43	‘‘(2) to provide pay and benefits to qualified ci-15
44	44	vilian employees of the Coast Guard; and 16
45	45	‘‘(3) to provide pay and benefits to qualified 17
46	46	contract employees of the Coast Guard. 18
47	47	‘‘(b) A
48	48	PPLICATION OFANTI-DEFICIENCYACT.—Sec-19
49	49	tion 1341 of title 31 (commonly referred to as the ‘Anti- 20
50	50	Deficiency Act’) shall apply to operations carried out 21
51	51	under this section, except— 22
52	52	‘‘(1) in the case of law that expressly authorizes 23
53	53	incurring obligations in advance of appropriations; 24
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57	57	‘‘(2) operations that involve emergencies involv-1
58	58	ing the safety of human life or the protection of 2
59	59	property; and 3
60	60	‘‘(3) with respect to functions necessary to dis-4
61	61	charge the congressional duties of the President. 5
62	62	‘‘(c) C
63	63	OASTGUARD-SPECIFICFUNDINGLAPSE.—For 6
64	64	purposes of this section, a Coast Guard-specific funding 7
65	65	lapse occurs in any case in which a general appropriation 8
66	66	bill providing appropriations for the Coast Guard for a 9
67	67	fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fis-10
68	68	cal year (and no joint resolution making continuing appro-11
69	69	priations for the Coast Guard is in effect). 12
70	70	‘‘(d) T
71	71	ERMINATION.—Appropriations and funds 13
72	72	made available and authority granted for any fiscal year 14
73	73	for any purpose under subsection (a) shall be available 15
74	74	until whichever of the following first occurs: 16
75	75	‘‘(1) The enactment into law of an appropria-17
76	76	tion (including a continuing appropriation) for such 18
77	77	purpose. 19
78	78	‘‘(2) The enactment into law of the applicable 20
79	79	regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 21
80	80	other Act without any appropriation for such pur-22
81	81	pose. 23
82	82	‘‘(e) D
83	83	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24
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87	87	‘‘(1) QUALIFIED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE .—The 1
88	88	term ‘qualified civilian employee’ means a civilian 2
89	89	employee of the Coast Guard who the Commandant 3
90	90	determines is— 4
91	91	‘‘(A) providing support to members of the 5
92	92	Coast Guard or another Armed Force; or 6
93	93	‘‘(B) performing work as an excepted em-7
94	94	ployee or an employee performing emergency 8
95	95	work, as such terms are defined by the Office 9
96	96	of Personnel Management. 10
97	97	‘‘(2) Q
98	98	UALIFIED CONTRACT EMPLOYEE OF THE 11
99	99	COAST GUARD.—The term ‘qualified contract em-12
100	100	ployee of the Coast Guard’ means an individual per-13
101	101	forming work under a contract who the Com-14
102	102	mandant determines is— 15
103	103	‘‘(A) providing support to military mem-16
104	104	bers or qualified civilian employees of the Coast 17
105	105	Guard or another Armed Force; or 18
106	106	‘‘(B) required to perform work during a 19
107	107	lapse in appropriations.’’. 20
108	108	(b) C
109	109	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-21
110	110	ter 27 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by add-22
111	111	ing at the end the following: 23
112	112	‘‘2780. Pay; continuation during lapse in appropriations.’’.
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