A bill making continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations act expires prior to the enactment of a new appropriations act.

Bill: 116-s-21
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations

Cemeteries and funerals

Coast guard

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents

Transportation costs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. (text: CR S27)

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Pay Our Coast Guard Act </b></p> <p>This bill provides continuing appropriations to the U.S. Coast Guard for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect. </p> <p>The appropriations are provided to the Coast Guard for</p> <ul> <li>pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard, civilian employees, and contractors; </li> <li> the payment of a death gratuity, funeral travel, and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty; and</li> <li>retired pay.</li> </ul> <p>The appropriations are provided until the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation. </p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 2 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 21 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 3, 2019 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Wicker , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Jones , Ms. Collins , and Mrs. Hyde-Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time January 4, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL Making continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations act expires prior to the enactment of a new appropriations act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Coast Guard Act . 2. Continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect— (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as described in section 1 of title 14, United States Code), including the reserve component thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period; (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard; (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; (4) such sums as are necessary for— (A) the payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475-1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; (B) the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; and (C) the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code; and (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for Coast Guard retired pay, including such payments as are described in the provision regarding Coast Guard retired pay in title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 (P.L. 115–141; 132 Stat. 348). 3. Termination Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act 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 section 2. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.

January 4, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar