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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1469 

Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department 

of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case 

of the Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of 

members of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite 

the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed 

Forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2011 

Mr. KISSELL (for himself, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. 

BOREN, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 

Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FATTAH, 

Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. LONG, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FARR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCCOTTER, 

Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 

GUTIERREZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BARROW, 

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 

York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. HOLT, 

Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. AL GREEN of 

Texas, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ALTMIRE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ

of California, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. COLE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 

Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. 

HIMES, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. WU, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of 

California, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. PETERSON, and Mrs. 

HARTZLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 


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A BILL 

Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by 

the Department of Defense (and the Department of 

Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) 

of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members 

of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons 

despite the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces. 

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 ‘‘Honor Our Fallen He5 roes Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO MILI7 TARY DEATH GRATUITIES DURING FUNDING 

8 GAP IMPACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DE9 FENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE10 CURITY. 

11 (a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATU12 ITIES.—Amounts are hereby appropriated, out of any 

13 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 

14 Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Se15 curity in the case of the Coast Guard) during a funding 

16 gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow the Secretaries 

17 of the military departments (and the Secretary of Home18 land Security in the case of the Coast Guard) to pay death 


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1 gratuities on a timely basis pursuant to subchapter II of 

2 chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, during the 

3 funding gap. 

4 (b) FUNDING GAP DEFINED.—In this section, the 

5 term ‘‘funding gap’’ means any period of time during fis6 cal year 2011 for which interim or full-year appropriations 

7 (other than as provided by this section) for the personnel 

8 accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have 

9 not been enacted. 

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