To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government or in the event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the statutory limit.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during any funding gap during FY2014 when interim or full-year appropriations for the following activities have not been enacted, from amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to transfer to the head of the appropriate executive agency such amounts as are necessary to continue payment of: (1) pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, on active duty; and (2) payment of salaries and benefits for sworn federal law enforcement officers.

Requires such payments to be given priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3216 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3216

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement 
    officers continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a 
shutdown of the Federal Government or in the event that the debt of the 
         United States Government reaches the statutory limit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2013

  Mr. Kingston (for himself and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
 addition to the Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement 
    officers continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a 
shutdown of the Federal Government or in the event that the debt of the 
         United States Government reaches the statutory limit.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING 
              FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OR DESPITE REACHING STATUTORY 
              DEBT LIMIT.

    (a) Continuation During a Federal Government Shutdown.--During any 
funding gap during fiscal year 2014 when interim or full-year 
appropriations for the following activities have not been enacted, from 
amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the head of the 
appropriate Executive agency such amounts as are necessary to continue 
such activities:
            (1) The payment of pay and allowances for members of the 
        Armed Forces (including reserve components thereof) on active 
        duty.
            (2) The payment of salaries and benefits for sworn Federal 
        law enforcement officers.
    (b) Continuation Despite Reaching Statutory Debt Limit.--In the 
event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the 
statutory limit as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United States 
Code, the following shall take equal priority over all other 
obligations incurred by the United States Government:
            (1) The payment of pay and allowances for members of the 
        Armed Forces (including reserve components thereof) on active 
        duty.
            (2) The payment of salaries and benefits for sworn Federal 
        law enforcement officers.
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