Pay Our Troops Act

Pay Our Troops Act

This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2024 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).

Specifically, the bill provides FY2024 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period; and (2) civilian employees and contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces.

If a government shutdown occurs, the bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2025. 

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5641 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5641

 To make continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a 
                          Government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

   Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make continuing appropriations for military pay 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 ``Pay Our Troops Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
2024, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal 
year 2024 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide pay 
and allowances to--
            (1) members of the Armed Forces, including the reserve 
        components thereof, who perform active service during such 
        period;
            (2) civilian employees of the Department of Defense (and 
        the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast 
        Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
        Department of the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 
        are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described 
        in paragraph (1); and
            (3) contractors of the Department of Defense (and the 
        Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard 
        when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the 
        Department of the Navy) whom the Secretary concerned determines 
        are providing support to members of the Armed Forces described 
        in paragraph (1).
    (b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until 
whichever of the following occurs first:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a 
        continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are 
        made available by subsection (a).
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or 
        continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any 
        appropriation for such purpose.
            (3) January 1, 2025.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The terms ``active service'' and ``Armed Forces'' have 
        the meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) The term ``reserve components'' means the components 
        named in section 10101 of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Defense with respect to 
                matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect 
                to matters concerning the Coast Guard when the Coast 
                Guard is not operating as a service in the Department 
                of the Navy.
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