Title: Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019
This bill provides continuing appropriations to the U.S. Coast Guard for any period during FY2019 in which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect.
The appropriations are provided to the Coast Guard for
The appropriations are provided until the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation.
The bill compensates civilian Coast Guard employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018, and ended upon the enactment of this bill.
The bill also ratifies and approves certain obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and the authority granted by this bill.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 367

       Making appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an 
appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2019

 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and 
Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
       Making appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an 
appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations 
                                  Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST GUARD.

    There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for any period during fiscal year 2019 during 
which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not 
in effect--
            (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as described in 
        section 1 of title 14, United States Code), including the 
        reserve component thereof, who perform active service or 
        inactive-duty training during such period;
            (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard;
            (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and 
        allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard;
            (4) such sums as are necessary for--
                    (A) the payment of a death gratuity under sections 
                1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States 
                Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard;
                    (B) the payment or reimbursement of authorized 
                funeral travel and travel related to the dignified 
                transfer of remains and unit memorial services under 
                section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with 
                respect to members of the Coast Guard; and
                    (C) the temporary continuation of a basic allowance 
                of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard 
                dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) 
                of title 37, United States Code; and
            (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for Coast Guard 
        retired pay, including such payments as are described in the 
        provision regarding Coast Guard retired pay in title II of 
        division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
        Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 348).

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

    Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted for 
any purpose under section 2 shall be available for such purpose until 
whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for such purpose.
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.

SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Furloughed Employees.--Civilian employees of the Coast Guard 
furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations beginning on or 
about December 22, 2018, and ending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, 
for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable.
    (b) Authority.--All obligations incurred in anticipation of the 
appropriations made and authority granted by this Act for the purposes 
of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and 
property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 
this Act.
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