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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1541 

To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members 

of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and 

allowances for active service performed when a Governmentwide shutdown 

occurs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure 

that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve 

components thereof, and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances 

for active service performed when a Governmentwide 

shutdown occurs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Pay Protec5 tion Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PRO2 VIDE PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS 

3 OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SUPPORTING 

4 CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL 

5 DURING GOVERNMENTWIDE SHUTDOWN. 

6 During a Governmentwide shutdown, the Secretary 

7 of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of 

8 Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 

9 case of the Coast Guard), out of any amounts in the gen10 eral fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 

11 amounts as the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary 

12 of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) de13 termines to be necessary to continue to provide the fol14 lowing: 

15 (1) Pay and allowances (without interruption) 

16 to the following: 

17 (A) Members of the Army, Navy, Air 

18 Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, includ19 ing reserve components thereof, who perform 

20 active service during the funding gap. 

21 (B) At the discretion of the Secretary of 

22 Defense, such civilian personnel of the Depart23 ment of Defense who are providing support to 

24 the members of the Armed Forces described in 

25 paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appro26 priate. 


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1 (C) At the discretion of the Secretary of 

2 Defense, such personnel of contractors of the 

3 Department of Defense who are providing di4 rect support to the members of the Armed 

5 Forces described in paragraph (1) as the Sec6 retary considers appropriate. 

7 (2) Funding necessary to prevent interruptions 

8 or delays in the performance of domestic disaster re9 lief and recovery operations. 

10 SEC. 3. GOVERNMENTWIDE SHUTDOWN DEFINED. 

11 In this Act, the term ‘‘Governmentwide shutdown’’ 

12 means any portion of a fiscal year during which none of 

13 the appropriation bills for the fiscal year have become law 

14 and an Act or joint resolution making continuing appro15 priations for the fiscal year is not in effect. 

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