H.R. 350 – Pay Our Coast Guard Act

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The Pay Our Coast Guard Act provides temporary funding for the Coast Guard’s payroll and related benefits for fiscal year 2019 when regular appropriations have not yet been enacted. It ensures that active‑duty and reserve members, civilian employees, and contractors receive their pay, allowances, and certain death‑related benefits. The bill also covers funeral travel, dignified transfer of remains, and a short‑term housing allowance for families of members who die on active duty.

Key Provisions

Allows Treasury funds to be used to pay and give allowances to active‑duty and reserve Coast Guard members, civilian staff, and contractors during any gap in appropriations for FY 2019.
Provides money for death gratuities, funeral travel, dignified transfer of remains, and unit memorial services for Coast Guard members.
Continues a basic housing allowance for dependents of Coast Guard members who die while on active duty.
Funding stays in effect until a regular or continuing appropriation is passed, or until September 30, 2019, whichever occurs first.

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Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Appropriations Committee

January 8, 2019

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

January 8, 2019

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Appropriations Committee

January 8, 2019

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Rep. Jefferson Van DrewD-NJ-2 · Jan 16, 2019

Madam Speaker, today I pay tribute to our Coast Guard. One of my favorite sayings in life is, if you want to talk the talk, you have to walk the walk. Politicians like to talk, we like to give…

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 8, 2019

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116th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 350

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 8, 2019

Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

Making continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Coast Guard Act of 2019.

2.

Continuing appropriations for members of the Coast Guard

There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect—

(1)

such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as described in section 1 of title 14, United States Code), including the reserve component thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period;

(2)

such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard;

(3)

such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; and

(4)

such sums as are necessary for—

(A)

the payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard;

(B)

the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; and

(C)

the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code.

3.

Termination

Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act 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 section 2.

(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, 2019.