Pay our Homeland Heroes Act

Bill: 116-hr-815
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-28
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Coast guard

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Law enforcement officers
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Pay our Homeland Heroes Act </b></p> <p>This bill provides FY2019 continuing appropriations for (1) the pay and allowances of members and employees of the U.S. Coast Guard, and (2) the salaries and expenses of law enforcement and customs and border protection officers within the Department of Homeland Security. </p> <p>The bill provides the continuing appropriations for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2019 are not in effect. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 815 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2019 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide, in the event of a Government shutdown during fiscal year 2019, continuing appropriations to members and employees of the Coast Guard and law enforcement officers and custom and border protection officers within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay our Homeland Heroes Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for Coast Guard and law enforcement officers and custom and border protection officers in the Department of Homeland Security (a) In general There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2019, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2019 are not in effect— (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members and employees of the Coast Guard; and (2) such sums as are necessary to provide the salary and expenses of any law enforcement officer (as that term is defined in section 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code) or customs and border protection officer (as that term is defined in section 8401(36) of such title) within the Department of Homeland Security. (b) Availability Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to subsection (a) 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 subsection (a). (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (c) Backpay With respect to the period of a lapse in the appropriations described in subsection (a) beginning on or around December 22, 2018, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, compensation provided by this section shall be considered to be payments made in accordance with subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, as added by the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019.