I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9791 
To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed 
Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 
Mrs. SYKES (for herself and Ms. MCCLELLAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members 
of the Armed Forces in the event of a lapse in appropria-
tions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pay Our Military Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND AL-
LOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are hereby appropriated for 
fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for any period during which in-
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terim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2025 are 
not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay 
and allowances to— 
(1) members of the Armed Forces, including 
the reserve components thereof, who perform active 
service or inactive-duty training during such period; 
(2) civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense (and the Department of Homeland Security in 
the case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard 
is not operating as a service in the Department of 
the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 
are providing support to members of the Armed 
Forces described in paragraph (1); and 
(3) contractors of the Department of Defense 
(and the Department of Homeland Security in the 
case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is 
not operating as a service in the Department of the 
Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines are 
providing support to members of the Armed Forces 
described in paragraph (1). 
(b) TERMINATION.—Appropriations and funds made 
available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall 
be available until the first of the following occurs: 
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 
(including a continuing appropriation) for any pur-
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pose for which amounts are made available in sub-
section (a). 
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable 
regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 
other Act without any appropriation for such pur-
pose. 
(3) January 1, 2026. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘active service’’, ‘‘Armed 
Forces’’, and ‘‘inactive-duty training’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘reserve components’’ means the 
components named in section 10101 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense with respect 
to the Department of Defense; and 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
with respect to matters concerning the Coast 
Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating 
as a service in the Department of the Navy. 
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