To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased military service members in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations.

Bill: 113-hr-3352
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-10-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act) to appropriate funds for fiscal years after FY2014 during any period of lapsed appropriations for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased servicemembers.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 28, 2013 Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Rooney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased military service members in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations.

1. Permanent appropriation of funds for payment of death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of deceased military service members in event of a period of lapsed appropriations (a) Appropriation The Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44 ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding section 101, by inserting after fiscal year 2014 the following: and subsequent fiscal years whenever there is a period of lapsed appropriations ; and (2) in section 101, by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) (1) During any subsequent period of lapsed appropriations during a fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense has been enacted and under the authority and conditions provided in such Act, for Operation and Maintenance and Military Personnel accounts for the purpose of making the payments described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) during the period of lapsed appropriations. (2) In paragraph (1) and section 103, the term period of lapsed appropriations means any period of time after the start of a fiscal year for which interim (other than pursuant to subsection (a) or paragraph (1)) or full-year appropriations for the accounts referred to in paragraph (1) are not in effect. . (b) Duration Section 103 of the Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (also known as the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act; Public Law 113–44 ) is amended to read as follows: 103. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available whenever there is a period of lapsed appropriations for the duration of the period of lapsed appropriations. .