Support Our Armed Forces Act

Bill: 113-hr-3232
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2013-10-02
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Coast guard

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

National Guard and reserves

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Support Our Armed Forces Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) all Department of Defense (DOD) and Coast Guard civilian employees, including military technicians (dual status), and all defense contractor employees provide vital support to the Armed Forces; and (2) all members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty training or annual training during a government shutdown should be paid for performing such duty, just as other members of the Armed Forces who perform active service will be paid. </p> <p>Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect to provide for:</p> <ul> <li> pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform inactive-duty training or annual training (under such Act only members performing active service) during such period; </li> <li>pay and allowances to all civilian personnel of DOD (and the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard), including military technicians (dual status), non-dual status technicians, and federally-reimbursed state civilian employees supporting the National Guard (under such Act only personnel whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service); and</li> <li>compensation to all employees of DOD and DHS contractors who are performing activities under a contract with DOD, or DHS in the case of the Coast Guard (under such Act only contractors whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces performing active service).</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3232 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 2, 2013 Mr. Cook (for himself, Mr. McKeon , Mr. Miller of Florida , Mr. Turner , Mr. Runyan , Mr. Gary G. Miller of California , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania , Mr. Nunes , Mr. Cole , Mr. Nugent , Mr. Jones , Mr. McCarthy of California , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Denham , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Joyce , and Mr. Stewart ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To amend the Pay Our Military Act to ensure that all civilian and contractor employees of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard and all members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces are paid in the event of a Government shutdown.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Our Armed Forces Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for employees and contractors of Department of Defense and reserve component personnel (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) all Department of Defense and Coast Guard civilian employees, including military technicians (dual status), and all defense contractor employees serve to provide vital support to the Armed Forces; and (2) all members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty training or annual training during a Government shutdown should be paid for performing such duty, just as other members of the Armed Forces who perform active service will be paid. (b) Amendments To Pay Our Military Act Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Pay Our Military Act (HR 3210 of the 113th Congress) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking members and inserting all members ; and (B) by inserting , inactive-duty training, or annual training after active service ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking the civilian personnel and inserting all civilian personnel ; and (B) by striking whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) and inserting , including military technicians (dual status), non-dual status technicians, and federally reimbursed State civilian employees supporting the National Guard ; and (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking pay and allowances to and inserting compensation to all employees of ; and (B) by striking whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1) and inserting who are performing activities under a contract with the Department of Defense (or the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) . (c) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) by striking (a) In General .— ; and (2) by striking subsection (b).