A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that activities relating to the training and readiness of the reserve components of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations shall constitute voluntary services that may be accepted by the United States.

Bill: 116-s-114
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-01-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

District of Columbia

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military education and training

Military readiness

National Guard and reserves

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill provides that, during a lapse in appropriations for the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, activities related to the training and readiness of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard and the Reserves) are considered voluntary services that may be accepted by the federal government or the District of Columbia government. </p> <p>(Under current law, the federal government or the District of Columbia government may not accept voluntary services or employ personal services exceeding those authorized by law except for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.) </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 114 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2019 Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mr. Thune , Mr. Daines , and Mr. Rounds ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that activities relating to the training and readiness of the reserve components of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations shall constitute voluntary services that may be accepted by the United States.

1. Treatment of activities relating to training and readiness of the Armed Forces during a lapse in appropriations as voluntary services acceptable by the United States Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: However, the term does include any portion of a fiscal year during which the appropriation bill for the fiscal year for the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, as applicable, has not become law and an Act or joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year is not in effect, but only with respect to activities relating to the training and readiness of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard and the Reserves) carried out during such portion of the fiscal year. .