Continuing Protection for Victims and Law Enforcement Act

Continuing Protection for Victims and Law Enforcement Act - Appropriates for FY2014, for any period during which a joint resolution or other Act making appropriations for commerce, justice, science, and related agencies is not in effect, such sums as may be necessary for continuing law enforcement, crime prevention, and victim services programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for which funds were made available in title II of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6), at a rate for operations as provided for by such Act (as reduced by the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013).

Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under this Act available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act, (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3231 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3231

 Making automatic continuing appropriations for law enforcement, crime 
 prevention, and victim services programs of the Department of Justice 
                 in the event of a Government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2013

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making automatic continuing appropriations for law enforcement, crime 
 prevention, and victim services programs of the Department of Justice 
                 in the event of a Government shutdown.

    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 ``Continuing Protection for Victims 
and Law Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIME 
              PREVENTION, AND VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS.

    There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2014, for any period 
during which a joint resolution or other Act making appropriations for 
commerce, justice, science, and related agencies is not in effect, such 
sums as may be necessary for continuing law enforcement, crime 
prevention, and victim services programs for which funds were made 
available in title II of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-6), at 
a rate for operations as provided for such purposes by such Act (as 
reduced by the Presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013).

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EXPENDITURES AT END OF AUTOMATIC CR PERIOD.

    Expenditures made available pursuant to this Act shall be charged 
to the applicable appropriation whenever a regular or continuing 
appropriations Act described in section 2 is enacted into law.

SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, appropriations and funds made 
available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available 
until whichever of the following first occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
        project or activity provided for in this Act.
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
        Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project 
        or activity.
            (3) December 15, 2013.
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