S.Amdt. 4640

SA 4640. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mr. Murphy) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to
establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PAY OUR COAST GUARD.

(a) Continuing Appropriations for Members and Civilian
Employees of the Coast Guard.--There are hereby appropriated
for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim
or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in
effect--
(1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and
allowances to members of the Coast Guard, including members
of the Coast Guard Reserve who perform active service or
inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in section
101(d) of title 10, United States Code) during such period;
and
(2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and
allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard.
(b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available
and authority granted pursuant to this section shall be
available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a
continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts
are made available in subsection (a).
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or
continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any
appropriation for such purpose.
(3) September 30, 2026.
(c) Retroactive Effective Date.--This section shall take
effect as if enacted on February 13, 2026.
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