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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3232 

To amend the Pay Our Military Act to ensure that all civilian and contractor 

employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard and 

all members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces are paid 

in the event of a Government shutdown. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 2, 2013 

Mr. COOK (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. TURNER, 

Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NUNES, Mr. COLE, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. 

JONES, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

ROE of Tennessee, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. VALADAO, 

Mr. DENHAM, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. JOYCE, and Mr. STEWART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To amend the Pay Our Military Act to ensure that all 

civilian and contractor employees of the Department of 

Defense and the Coast Guard and all members of the 

reserve components of the Armed Forces are paid in 

the event of a Government shutdown. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Support Our Armed 

3 Forces Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES 

5 AND CONTRACTORS OF DEPARTMENT OF DE6 FENSE AND RESERVE COMPONENT PER7 SONNEL. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that— 

10 (1) all Department of Defense and Coast Guard 

11 civilian employees, including military technicians 

12 (dual status), and all defense contractor employees 

13 serve to provide vital support to the Armed Forces; 

14 and 

15 (2) all members of the reserve components of 

16 the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty train17 ing or annual training during a Government shut18 down should be paid for performing such duty, just 

19 as other members of the Armed Forces who perform 

20 active service will be paid. 

21 (b) AMENDMENTS TO PAY OUR MILITARY ACT.— 

22 Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Pay Our Military Act 

23 (HR 3210 of the 113th Congress) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

25 (A) by striking ‘‘members’’ and inserting 

26 ‘‘all members’’; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, inactive-duty training, 

2 or annual training’’ after ‘‘active service’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘the civilian personnel’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘all civilian personnel’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘whom the Secretary con7 cerned determines are providing support to 

8 members of the Armed Forces described in 

9 paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘, including mili10 tary technicians (dual status), non-dual status 

11 technicians, and federally reimbursed State ci12 vilian employees supporting the National 

13 Guard’’; and 

14 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘pay and allowances to’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘compensation to all employees 

17 of’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘whom the Secretary con19 cerned determines are providing support to 

20 members of the Armed Forces described in 

21 paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘who are per22 forming activities under a contract with the De23 partment of Defense (or the Department of 

24 Homeland Security in the case of the Coast 

25 Guard)’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

2 further amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 

4 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

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