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This bill would make sure military members keep getting paid if the government runs out of funding during fiscal year 2025. It sets aside money so members of the Armed Forces, including reserve members, can still receive pay and allowances when they are on active duty or doing inactive-duty training. It also allows payment for certain Defense Department civilian workers and contractors, and Coast Guard-related workers, if they are helping support those military members during a funding lapse.
- The money would be available only during a period when regular or temporary government funding for fiscal year 2025 is not in place.
- It covers service members, plus certain civilian employees and contractors who the responsible secretary decides are directly supporting those service members.
- The funding authority ends when new appropriations are enacted, when a later funding law is passed without this purpose included, or on January 1, 2026.
Official Summaries
Pay Our Military Act
This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2025 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).
Specifically, the bill provides FY2025 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service or inactive-duty training 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, 2026.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2017 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2017
To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed
Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 10, 2025
Mrs. Sykes (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for members of the Armed
Forces in the event of a lapse in appropriations.
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 Military Act''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year
2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal
year 2025 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 or inactive-duty
training 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 the
first of the following occurs:
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a
continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are
made available in 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, 2026.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms ``active service'', ``Armed Forces'', and
``inactive-duty training'' 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 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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