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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3187 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members 
of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and sup-
porting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and 
allowances for active service performed when a Governmentwide shutdown 
occurs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 
Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms. GABBARD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure 
that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve 
components thereof, and supporting civilian and con-
tractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances 
for active service performed when a Governmentwide 
shutdown occurs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Pay Protec-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PRO-
VIDE PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SUPPORTING 
CIVILIAN 
AND 
CONTRACTOR 
PERSONNEL 
DURING GOVERNMENTWIDE SHUTDOWN. 
During a Governmentwide shutdown, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of 
Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 
case of the Coast Guard), out of any amounts in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
amounts as the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) de-
termines to be necessary to continue to provide the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Pay and allowances (without interruption) 
to the following: 
(A) Members of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, includ-
ing reserve components thereof, who perform 
active service during the Governmentwide shut-
down. 
(B) At the discretion of the Secretary of 
Defense, such civilian personnel of the Depart-
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ment of Defense who are providing support to 
the members of the Armed Forces described in 
paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(C) At the discretion of the Secretary of 
Defense, such personnel of contractors of the 
Department of Defense who are providing di-
rect support to the members of the Armed 
Forces described in paragraph (1) as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(2) Funding necessary to prevent interruptions 
or delays in the performance of domestic disaster re-
lief and recovery operations during the Government-
wide shutdown. 
SEC. 3. GOVERNMENTWIDE SHUTDOWN DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Governmentwide shutdown’’ 
means any portion of a fiscal year during which none of 
the appropriation bills for the fiscal year have become law 
and an Act or joint resolution making continuing appro-
priations for the fiscal year is not in effect. 
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