I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1297 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members 
of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue 
to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a funding 
gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations 
for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the furlough of non- 
emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government activities and 
services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2011 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself and Mr. KINGSTON) 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, continue to receive pay and allow-
ances for active service performed when a funding gap 
caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appro-
priations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results 
in the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the cur-
tailment of Government activities and services. 
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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 ‘‘Ensuring Pay for Our 
Military Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PRO-
VIDE PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES DURING FUNDING 
GAP IMPACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY. 
(a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY PAY 
AND ALLOWANCES.—During a funding gap impacting the 
Armed Forces, 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 general 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) determines to be necessary 
to continue to provide pay and allowances (without inter-
ruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Ma-
rine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve compo-
nents thereof, who perform active service during the fund-
ing gap. 
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(b) FUNDING GAP DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘funding gap’’ means any period of time after the 
beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year 
appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed 
Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted. 
(c) DURATION
OF
TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—No 
transfer may be made by the Secretary of the Treasury 
under subsection (a) after December 31, 2011. 
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