119-hr2631

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2631 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2631

 To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired 
 Servicemans Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each 
 fiscal year after fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 3, 2025

 Mr. Green of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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 A BILL

 To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired 
 Servicemans Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each 
 fiscal year after fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Gold Star Spouses Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. INTERIM APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST GUARD RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S 
 FAMILY PROTECTION AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS PLANS.

    (a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2024, such sums as necessary for payment of the Coast Guard 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, as 
are described in the provision regarding Coast Guard retired pay in 
title II of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116-260), at a rate for operations and under the terms and 
conditions provided by the most recent law making full-year 
appropriations for such Coast Guard Retired Serviceman's Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans.

    (b) Effect of Enactment of Subsequent Appropriations.--If an 
appropriation for such Coast Guard Retired Serviceman's Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, or a general appropriation bill 
providing appropriations for the Coast Guard without provision for such 
Coast Guard Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, is enacted into law on any date after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that provides for appropriations during a fiscal 
year following the expenditure of funds during such fiscal year 
pursuant to this Act--

    (1) such expenditure shall be charged to such appropriation 
 (if any); and

    (2) appropriations made available for such fiscal year 
 pursuant to this Act shall not be available after the date of 
 enactment of such appropriation or general appropriation bill.
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