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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3166 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure certain important 
functions of the Government continue during a Governmentwide shut-
down, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 
Mr. LATHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 
Services, Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, House Administration, 
Oversight and Government Reform, and Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure 
certain important functions of the Government continue 
during a Governmentwide shutdown, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 
During a Governmentwide shutdown, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall make available, out of any amounts 
in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appro-
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priated, such amounts as are necessary to provide for the 
following: 
(1) Amounts to provide pay and allowances to 
Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve compo-
nents thereof, who perform active service during the 
funding gap. 
(2) At the discretion of the Secretary of De-
fense, amounts to provide pay and allowances to 
such civilian personnel of the Department of Defense 
who are providing support to the members of the 
Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) as the 
Secretary considers appropriate. 
(3) At the discretion of the Secretary of De-
fense, amounts to provide pay and allowances to 
such personnel of contractors of the Department of 
Defense who are providing direct support to the 
members of the Armed Forces described in para-
graph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(4) Amounts necessary to carry out the author-
ity of the Department of the Treasury provided in 
section 3123 of title 31, United States Code, to pay 
with legal tender the principal and interest on debt 
held by the public. 
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(5) Such amounts as the President certifies to 
the Congress are necessary to carry out vital na-
tional security priorities. 
(6) Amounts necessary to make payments 
under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act. 
(7) Amounts necessary to make payments 
under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-
gram. 
(8) Such amounts as the President certifies to 
the Congress are necessary to carry out Government 
functions necessary for protecting public health and 
public safety. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY FUNDS TO ENSURE SOCIAL SECURITY 
BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED. 
During a Governmentwide shutdown, the Managing 
Trustee of the Trust Funds (as such term is used in sec-
tion 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act) shall make 
available to the Commissioner of Social Security, out of 
any or all of the Trust Funds, such amounts as the Com-
missioner determines to be necessary to provide for the 
uninterrupted payment of monthly insurance benefits 
under title II of such Act and payment of benefits under 
the Supplemental Security Income Program under title 
XVI of such Act. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONGRESSIONAL AND PRESI-
DENTIAL PAY DURING GOVERNMENTWIDE 
SHUTDOWN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Members of Congress and the 
President shall not receive basic pay during a Govern-
mentwide shutdown. 
(b) RETROACTIVE PAY PROHIBITED.—No pay for-
feited in accordance with subsection (a) may be paid retro-
actively. 
SEC. 4. 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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