Support Our Department of Defense Civilian Employees Act

To amend the Pay Our Military Act to ensure that all civilian and contractor employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are paid in the event of a Government shutdown. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Our Department of Defense Civilian Employees Act 2. Continuing appropriations for employees and contractors of Department of Defense and reserve component personnel (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that all civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard serve to provide support to members of the Armed Forces. (b) Amendments To Pay Our Military Act Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Pay Our Military Act (HR 3210 of the 113th Congress) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking the civilian personnel all civilian personnel (B) by striking whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking pay and allowances to compensation to all employees of (B) by striking whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) (c) Treatment of previously furloughed employees Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: (b) Treatment of previously furloughed employees (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) shall ensure that all personnel described in paragraph (2) are treated as retained excepted (2) Personnel described Personnel described in this paragraph are civilian personnel of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard that the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) determined were not in retained excepted .

Summary: Support Our Department of Defense Civilian Employees Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that all civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard serve to provide support to members of the Armed Forces. Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for: (1) pay and allowances to all civilian personnel of DOD (and the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard) (under such Act only personnel whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service); and (2) compensation to all employees of contractors of DOD, and DHS in the case of the Coast Guard (under such Act only contractors whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service). Requires the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) to ensure that all civilian personnel of DOD and the Coast Guard who were not in "retained" or "excepted" status at any time during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, are treated as retained or excepted during the period for which such continuing appropriations are made available, effective as of the enactment of this Act.