I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1469 
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department 
of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case 
of the Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite 
the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed 
Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2011 
Mr. KISSELL (for himself, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 
Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FATTAH, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. LONG, Ms. SCHWARTZ, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FARR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCCOTTER, 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BARROW, 
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 
York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ALTMIRE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ 
of California, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. COLE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. 
HIMES, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. WU, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. PETERSON, and Mrs. 
HARTZLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations 
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A BILL 
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by 
the Department of Defense (and the Department of 
Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) 
of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members 
of the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons 
despite the failure to enact interim or full-year appro-
priations for the Armed Forces. 
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 ‘‘Honor Our Fallen He-
roes Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO MILI-
TARY DEATH GRATUITIES DURING FUNDING 
GAP IMPACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY. 
(a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATU-
ITIES.—Amounts are hereby appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 
Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity in the case of the Coast Guard) during a funding 
gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow the Secretaries 
of the military departments (and the Secretary of Home-
land Security in the case of the Coast Guard) to pay death 
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