Preserve our National Security Act

Bill: 113-hr-3214
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2013-09-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

National Guard and reserves

Public contracts and procurement

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Preserve our National Security Act - Makes appropriations for FY2014 for pay and allowances to: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during FY2014, as well as employees of agencies part of the National Intelligence Program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and (2) civilian personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD), employees of agencies within the National Intelligence Program, and employees of DHS and VA who are providing support or benefits to veterans or support to U.S. national security interests related to military, intelligence services, and securing and staffing borders and ports of entry.</p> <p>Makes such appropriations, funds, and authority granted by this Act available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any purpose for which amounts are made available by this Act, (2) enactment of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose, or (3) January 1, 2015. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3214 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2013 Mr. Gallego introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making continuing appropriations for personnel critical to national security during a Government shutdown.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserve our National Security Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for members of the Armed Forces, National Intelligence Program, and Department of Homeland Security (a) In general There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2014 are not in effect— (1) such sums as are necessary to provide 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 service during such period as well as employees of agencies part of the National Intelligence Program, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, employees of agencies within the National Intelligence Program, employees of the Department of Homeland Security, and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs whom the Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, Secretary of Homeland Security, or Secretary of Veterans Affairs are providing support to veterans or United States national security interests related to military, intelligence services, and securing and staffing borders and ports of entry (1); and (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Department of Defense, employees of agencies within the National Intelligence Program, employees of the Department of Homeland Security, and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs whom the Secretary of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, Secretary of Homeland Security, or Department of Veterans Affairs are providing benefits to veterans of the Armed Forces or support to United States national security interests related to military, intelligence services, and securing and staffing borders and ports of entry described in paragraph (1). 3. Termination Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose; or (3) January 1, 2015.