Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 367 Making appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2019 Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL Making appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment 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 Parity Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST GUARD. 6 There are hereby appropriated, out of any money in 7 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:04 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H367.IH H367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 367 IH during fiscal year 2019 during which interim or full-year 1 appropriations for the Coast Guard are not in effect— 2 (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 3 and allowances to members of the Coast Guard (as 4 described in section 1 of title 14, United States 5 Code), including the reserve component thereof, who 6 perform active service or inactive-duty training dur- 7 ing such period; 8 (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 9 and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast 10 Guard; 11 (3) such sums as are necessary to provide pay 12 and allowances to contractors of the Coast Guard; 13 (4) such sums as are necessary for— 14 (A) the payment of a death gratuity under 15 sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 16 10, United States Code, with respect to mem- 17 bers of the Coast Guard; 18 (B) the payment or reimbursement of au- 19 thorized funeral travel and travel related to the 20 dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial 21 services under section 481f of title 37, United 22 States Code, with respect to members of the 23 Coast Guard; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:04 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H367.IH H367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 367 IH (C) the temporary continuation of a basic 1 allowance of housing for dependents of mem- 2 bers of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, 3 as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, 4 United States Code; and 5 (5) such sums as are necessary to provide for 6 Coast Guard retired pay, including such payments 7 as are described in the provision regarding Coast 8 Guard retired pay in title II of division F of the 9 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 10 115–141; 132 Stat. 348). 11 SEC. 3. TERMINATION. 12 Appropriations and funds made available and author- 13 ity granted for any purpose under section 2 shall be avail- 14 able for such purpose until whichever of the following first 15 occurs: 16 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 17 (including a continuing appropriation) for such pur- 18 pose. 19 (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 20 regular or continuing appropriations resolution or 21 other Act without any appropriation for such pur- 22 pose. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:04 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H367.IH H367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 367 IH SEC. 4. COMPENSATION FOR LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS. 1 (a) FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES.—Civilian employees 2 of the Coast Guard furloughed as a result of a lapse in 3 appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018, 4 and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act shall 5 be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, 6 for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as 7 practicable. 8 (b) AUTHORITY.—All obligations incurred in antici- 9 pation of the appropriations made and authority granted 10 by this Act for the purposes of maintaining the essential 11 level of activity to protect life and property and bringing 12 about orderly termination of Government functions, and 13 for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 14 ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provi- 15 sions of this Act. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:04 Jan 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H367.IH H367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS