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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2631 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired Servicemans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each fiscal year after |
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| 7 | 7 | | fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | REENof Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Committee on Appropriations |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Re- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tired Servicemans Family Protection and Survivor Bene- |
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| 16 | 16 | | fits Plans for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2024, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Gold Star 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Spouses Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 2631 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. INTERIM APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST GUARD 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | RETIRED SERVICEMAN’S FAMILY PROTEC-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TION AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS PLANS. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—There are hereby appropriated, 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | priated, for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2024, such 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sums as necessary for payment of the Coast Guard Re-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Bene-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | fits Plans, as are described in the provision regarding 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Coast Guard retired pay in title II of division F of the 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 260), at a rate for operations and under the terms and 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | conditions provided by the most recent law making full- 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | year appropriations for such Coast Guard Retired Service-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans. 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) E |
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| 43 | 43 | | FFECT OFENACTMENT OF SUBSEQUENTAP-16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | PROPRIATIONS.—If an appropriation for such Coast 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Guard Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Sur-18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | vivor Benefits Plans, or a general appropriation bill pro-19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | viding appropriations for the Coast Guard without provi-20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sion for such Coast Guard Retired Serviceman’s Family 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, is enacted into 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | law on any date after the date of the enactment of this 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act that provides for appropriations during a fiscal year 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | following the expenditure of funds during such fiscal year 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | pursuant to this Act— 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) such expenditure shall be charged to such 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | appropriation (if any); and 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) appropriations made available for such fis-3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | cal year pursuant to this Act shall not be available 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | after the date of enactment of such appropriation or 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | general appropriation bill. 6 |
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