119-s802

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 802 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 802

To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast 
 Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the 
 enactment of a new appropriations Act, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker, Ms. 
Baldwin, and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced the following bill; which 
 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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 A BILL

To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast 
 Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the 
 enactment of a new appropriations Act, 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 ``Pay Our Coast Guard Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) The Coast Guard is a military service and a branch of 
 the Armed Forces of the United States at all times regardless 
 of whether it operates as a service in the Department of 
 Homeland Security or as a service in the Navy.

    (2) Notwithstanding respective appropriations and except as 
 otherwise provided in law, members of the Coast Guard should 
 receive treatment equitable to that of other members of the 
 Armed Forces with regard to pay and benefits.

SEC. 3. COAST GUARD PAY; CONTINUATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 27 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``

Sec. 2780. Pay; continuation during lapse in appropriations
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    (a) In General.--In the case of any period in which there is a 
Coast Guard-specific funding lapse, there are appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary--
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    (1) to provide pay and allowances to military members of 
 the Coast Guard, including the reserve component thereof, who 
 perform active service or in-active-duty training during such 
 period;
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    (2) to provide pay and benefits to qualified civilian 
 employees of the Coast Guard;
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    (3) to provide pay and benefits to qualified contract 
 employees of the Coast Guard; and
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    (4) to provide for--
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        (A) the payment of a death gratuity under 
 sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, with 
 respect to members of the Coast Guard;
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        (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, with respect to members of 
 the Coast Guard; and
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            (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.
 ``

    (b) Coast Guard-Specific Funding Lapse.--For purposes of this 
section, a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs in any case in 
which--
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    (1) a general appropriation bill providing appropriations 
 for the Coast Guard for a fiscal year is not enacted before the 
 beginning of such fiscal year (and no joint resolution making 
 continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard is in effect); 
 and
 ``

    (2) a general appropriation bill providing appropriations 
 for the Department of Defense for such fiscal year is enacted 
 before the beginning of such fiscal year (or a joint resolution 
 making continuing appropriations for the Department of Defense 
 is in effect).
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            (c) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted for any fiscal year for any purpose under 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 such purpose.
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    (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
 continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
 appropriation for such purpose.
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    (3) The termination of availability of appropriations for 
 the Department of Defense.
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            (d) Rate for Operations; Applicability to Appropriations Acts.--
Appropriations made pursuant to this section shall be at a rate for 
operations and to the extent and manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act.
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    (e) Charge to Future Appropriations.--Expenditures made pursuant 
to this section shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable 
appropriation, fund, or authorization is enacted into law.
 ``

    (f) Apportionment.--Appropriations and funds made available by or 
authority granted under this section may be used without regard to the 
time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set 
forth in 

section 1513 of title 31, but nothing in this section may be 
construed to waive any other provision of law governing the 
apportionment of funds.
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    (g) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) Qualified civilian employee.--The term `qualified 
 civilian employee' means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard 
 who the Commandant determines is--
 ``
        (A) providing support to members of the Coast 
 Guard or another Armed Force; or
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        (B) performing work as an excepted employee or an 
 employee performing emergency work, as such terms are 
 defined by the Office of Personnel Management.
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    (2) Qualified contract employee of the coast guard.--The 
 term `qualified contract employee of the Coast Guard' means an 
 individual performing work under a contract who the Commandant 
 determines is--
 ``
        (A) providing support to military members or 
 qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard or 
 another Armed Force; or
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        (B) required to perform work during a lapse in 
 appropriations.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 27 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``2780. Pay; continuation during lapse in appropriations.''.
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