S.Amdt. 1915

SA 1915. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 195, to amend title 44, United States Code, to
restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal
Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the
United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

TITLE __--EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY AND SUPPORTING
CONTRACTOR PAY

SEC. ___01. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Ensuring Pay for Our
Military Act''.

SEC. ___02. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE PAY
AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
AND SUPPORTING CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR
PERSONNEL DURING FUNDING GAP IMPACTING THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.

(a) Appropriation of Funds for Military Pay and
Allowances.--During a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the
Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security
in the case of the Coast Guard), out of any amounts in the
general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such
amounts as the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of
Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) determines
to be necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances
(without interruption) to the following:
(1) Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and
Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who
perform active service during the funding gap.
(2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who are
providing support to the members of the Armed Forces
described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(3) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such
personnel of contractors of the Department of Defense who are
providing direct support to the members of the Armed Forces
described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(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 accounts of the Armed Forces
for that fiscal year have not been enacted.
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