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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 111 

To make continuing appropriations for certain employees of the Department 

of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice in the event of 

a shutdown of the Federal Government. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 10, 2019 

Ms. MCSALLY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To make continuing appropriations for certain employees 

of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice in the event of a shutdown of the 

Federal Government. 

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 ‘‘Pay Our Protectors 

5 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN EM2 PLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME3 LAND SECURITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 

4 JUSTICE. 

5 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 

6 excepted employee’’ means an officer or employee— 

7 (1) who is an officer or employee of an agency 

8 that is subject to a lapse in appropriations during 

9 fiscal year 2019; 

10 (2) who is— 

11 (A) an officer or employee of— 

12 (i) U.S. Customs and Border Protec13 tion; 

14 (ii) U.S. Immigration and Customs 

15 Enforcement; 

16 (iii) the Transportation Safety Admin17 istration; 

18 (iv) the Coast Guard; 

19 (v) the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion; or 

21 (vi) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

22 (B) an attorney employed by the Depart23 ment of Justice who prosecutes criminal of24 fenses; or 

25 (C) an immigration judge employed by the 

26 Department of Justice; and 


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1 (3) who is an excepted employee or an employee 

2 performing emergency work, as such terms are de3 fined by the Office of Personnel Management. 

4 (b) APPROPRIATION.—There are hereby appropriated 

5 for fiscal year 2019, out of any money in the Treasury 

6 not otherwise appropriated, to the head of each agency 

7 that employs 1 or more covered excepted employees for 

8 any period during which interim or full-year appropria9 tions for fiscal year 2019 are not in effect such sums as 

10 are necessary to provide pay and allowances to each cov11 ered excepted employee of the agency. 

12 (c) TERMINATION.—Appropriations made available 

13 and authority granted under subsection (b) shall be avail14 able to the head of an agency until the earliest of— 

15 (1) the enactment into law of a regular appro16 priations Act providing appropriations for the agen17 cy for fiscal year 2019; 

18 (2) the enactment into law of a law providing 

19 continuing or regular appropriations for the agency 

20 for fiscal year 2019 that does not provide appropria21 tions for the purpose for which amounts are appro22 priated under subsection (b); or 

23 (3) January 1, 2020. 

24 (d) APPLICATION.—For a lapse in appropriations 

25 that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, each 


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1 covered excepted employee shall be compensated for work 

2 performed during the lapse in appropriations during the 

3 period before such date of enactment at the standard rate 

4 of compensation for the covered excepted employee at the 

5 earliest date possible after such date of enactment. 

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