Pay Our Coast Guard Act

II Calendar No. 2 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 21 Making continuing appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appro- priations act expires prior to the enactment of a new appropriations act. 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 fol- lowing 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 en- actment of a new appropriations act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pay Our Coast Guard 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:13 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S21.PCS S21 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 21 PCS SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST 1 GUARD. 2 There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in 3 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period 4 during which interim or full-year appropriations for the 5 Coast Guard are not in effect— 6 (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 7 and allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as 8 described in section 1 of title 14, United States 9 Code), including the reserve component thereof, who 10 perform active service or inactive-duty training dur- 11 ing such period; 12 (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 13 and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast 14 Guard; 15 (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 16 and allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; 17 (4) such sums as are necessary for— 18 (A) the payment of a death gratuity under 19 sections 1475-1477 and 1489 of title 10, 20 United States Code, with respect to members of 21 the Coast Guard; 22 (B) the payment or reimbursement of au- 23 thorized funeral travel and travel related to the 24 dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial 25 services under section 481f of title 37, United 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:13 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S21.PCS S21 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 21 PCS States Code, with respect to members of the 1 Coast Guard; and 2 (C) the temporary continuation of a basic 3 allowance of housing for dependents of mem- 4 bers of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, 5 as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, 6 United States Code; and 7 (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for 8 Coast Guard retired pay, including such payments 9 as are described in the provision regarding Coast 10 Guard retired pay in title II of division F of the 11 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 (P.L. 115– 12 141; 132 Stat. 348). 13 SEC. 3. TERMINATION. 14 Appropriations and funds made available and author- 15 ity granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until 16 whichever of the following first occurs: 17 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 18 (including a continuing appropriation) for any pur- 19 pose for which amounts are made available in sec- 20 tion 2. 21 (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 22 regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 23 other Act without any appropriation for such pur- 24 pose. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:13 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S21.PCS S21 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS Calendar No. 2 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 21 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. JANUARY 4, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:13 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S21.PCS S21 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS