To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure certain important functions of the Government continue during a Governmentwide shutdown, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3166
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-09-20
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Coast guard

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Food assistance and relief

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government trust funds

Medicare

Members of Congress

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

National Guard and reserves

Poverty and welfare assistance

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Public contracts and procurement

Social security and elderly assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a government-wide shutdown, to make available, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as are necessary to provide:</p> <ul> <li>pay and allowances to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including reserve components, who perform active service during the funding gap;</li> <li>pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, to civilian personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces;</li> <li>amounts necessary to carry out the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public;</li> <li>such amounts as the President certifies to Congress are necessary to carry out vital national security priorities, as well as government functions necessary for protecting public health and safety; and</li> <li>amounts necessary to make payments under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as payments under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps).</li> </ul> <p>Defines &quot;government-wide shutdown&quot; as 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 appropriations for the fiscal year is not in effect.</p> <p>Directs the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (including the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund), during such a shutdown, to make available to the Commissioner of Social Security such amounts as the Commissioner determines to be necessary for the uninterrupted payment of monthly insurance benefits under SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and benefits under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI).</p> <p>Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving basic pay during a government-wide shutdown and from receiving such forfeited pay retroactively.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3166 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2013 Mr. Latham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 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 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 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 purposes.

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 appropriated, 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 components thereof, who perform active service during the funding gap. (2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, 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 Defense, 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 paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate. (4) Amounts necessary to carry out the authority 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. (5) Such amounts as the President certifies to the Congress are necessary to carry out vital national 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 Program. (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. 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 section 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 Commissioner 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. 3. Prohibition on Congressional and Presidential pay during Governmentwide shutdown (a) In general Members of Congress and the President shall not receive basic pay during a Governmentwide shutdown. (b) Retroactive pay prohibited No pay forfeited in accordance with subsection (a) may be paid retroactively. 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 appropriations for the fiscal year is not in effect.