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the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 
at a rate for operations as provided for fiscal year 2017 
in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division C of Public Law 115–31) and under the author-
ity and conditions provided in such Act, for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance’’ and ‘‘Military Personnel’’ accounts for 
continuing the following projects and activities for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made avail-
able by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2017: 
(1) The payment of a death gratuity under sec-
tions 1475–1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) The payment or reimbursement for funeral 
and burial expenses authorized under sections 1481 
and 1482 of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The payment or reimbursement of author-
ized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified 
transfer of remains and unit memorial services 
under section 481f of title 37, United States Code. 
(4) The temporary continuation of a basic al-
lowance of housing for dependents of members dying 
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on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of 
title 37, United States Code. 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 
for each program or activity shall be calculated to reflect 
the full amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 
2018 pursuant to any provision of division D of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–56). 
SEC. 102. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary for 
the following: 
(1) The payment of pay and allowances to 
members of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 
101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code), including 
reserve components thereof, who perform active serv-
ice during the period for which funds are made 
available pursuant to this joint resolution under sec-
tion 104. 
(2) The payment of pay and allowances to the 
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense 
(and the Department of Homeland Security in the 
case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary con-
cerned determines are providing support to members 
of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The payment of pay and allowances to con-
tractors of the Department of Defense (and the De-
partment of Homeland Security in the case of the 
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Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned deter-
mines are providing support to members of the 
Armed Forces described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ 
means— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense with respect to 
matters concerning the Department of Defense; and 
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security with re-
spect to matters concerning the Coast Guard. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by sections 101 and 
102 shall be available to the extent and in the manner 
that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 104. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2018, appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 
the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2018 without any provision for such 
project or activity; or (3) September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 105. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
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fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 
enacted into law. 
SEC. 106. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 
provide for continuation of projects and activities. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Pay Our 
Military Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2018’’. 
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