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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4274 

To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide 

a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities 

for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event 

of any future period of lapsed appropriations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2014 

Mr. BARBER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers 

Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for 

the payment of death gratuities for survivors of deceased 

members of the uniformed services in event of any future 

period of lapsed appropriations. 

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. PERMANENT APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR 

2 PAYMENT OF DEATH GRATUITIES FOR SUR3 VIVORS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 

4 SERVICES IN EVENT OF A PERIOD OF LAPSED 

5 APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 (a) APPROPRIATION.—The Department of Defense 

7 Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

8 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen 

9 Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44; 127 Stat. 555) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in the matter preceding section 101— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘of the Department of De13 fense’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting after ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ 

15 the following: ‘‘and, as provided in section 

16 101(c), subsequent fiscal years whenever there 

17 is a period of lapsed appropriations’’; and 

18 (2) in section 101, by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(c)(1) During any subsequent period of lapsed ap21 propriations during a fiscal year, such amounts as may 

22 be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided for the 

23 most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appro24 priations for the uniformed services (as defined in section 

25 101(5) of title 37, United States Code) has been enacted 

26 and under the authority and conditions provided in such 


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1 Act, for the accounts from which death gratuities are paid 

2 under sections 1475–1477 and 1489 of title 10, United 

3 States Code, for the purpose of making such death gra4 tuity payments for survivors of deceased members of the 

5 uniformed services during the period of lapsed appropria6 tions. 

7 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1) and section 103, the term ‘pe8 riod of lapsed appropriations’ means any period of time 

9 after the start of a fiscal year for which interim (other 

10 than pursuant to subsection (a) or paragraph (1)) or full11 year appropriations for the accounts referred to in para12 graph (1) are not in effect.’’. 

13 (b) DURATION.—Section 103 of the Department of 

14 Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations 

15 Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Fami16 lies of Fallen Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44) is amend17 ed to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 103. Appropriations and funds made available 

19 and authority granted pursuant to section 101(c) of this 

20 joint resolution shall be available whenever there is a pe21 riod of lapsed appropriations for the duration of the period 

22 of lapsed appropriations.’’. 

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