Pay Our Protectors Act

Bill: 116-hr-371
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-09
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Coast guard

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pay Our Protectors Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides appropriations to pay the salaries and expenses of certain federal employees who are working during the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018, and resulted in a partial government shutdown. The bill applies to employees of the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, and the E-Verify program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 371 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2019 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making appropriations for certain Federal employees working during the Government shutdown beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Protectors Act . 2. Payment of salaries of certain excepted Government employees There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to pay, during the period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, the salaries and expenses of any officer or employee of the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation and Security Administration, or the E-Verify program who is excepted from the furlough resulting from such lapse.