,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cbcb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,october #b1 #bjac,mr4 ,cook 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,keon1 ,mr4 ,miller of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,runyan1 ,mr4 ,gary ,g4 ,miller of ,california1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,nunes1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,mc,carthy of ,california1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1 ,mr4 ,valadao1 ,mr4 ,denham1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,joyce1 and ,mr4 ,stewart7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,appropriations ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,pay ,our ,military ,act to ensure that all civilian and contractor employees of the ,department of ,defense and the ,coast ,guard and all members of the reserve components of the ,armed ,forces are paid in the event of a ,government shutdown4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,support ,our ,armed ,forces ,act4 #b4 ,continuing appropriations for employees and contractors of ,department of ,defense and reserve component personnel 7a7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 all ,department of ,defense and ,coast ,guard civilian employees1 including military technicians 7dual status71 and all defense contractor employees serve to provide vital support to the ,armed ,forces2 and 7#b7 all members of the reserve components of the ,armed ,forces who perform inactive-duty training or annual training during a ,government shutdown should be paid for performing such duty1 just as other members of the ,armed ,forces who perform active service will be paid4 7b7 ,amendments ,to ,pay ,our ,military ,act ,subsection 7a7 of section #b of the ,pay ,our ,military ,act 7,,hr #cbaj of the #aacth ,congress7 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking members and inserting all members2 and 7,b7 by inserting 1 inactive-duty training1 or annual training after active service2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 by striking the civilian personnel and inserting all civilian personnel2 and 7,b7 by striking whom the ,secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the ,armed ,forces described in paragraph 7#a7 and inserting 1 including military technicians 7dual status71 non-dual status technicians1 and federally reimbursed ,state civilian employees supporting the ,national ,guard2 and 7#c7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 by striking pay and allowances to and inserting compensation to all employees of2 and 7,b7 by striking whom the ,secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the ,armed ,forces described in paragraph 7#a7 and inserting who are performing activities under a contract with the ,department of ,defense 7or the ,department of ,homeland ,security in the case of the ,coast ,guard74 7c7 ,conforming amendments ,such section is further amended-- 7#a7 by striking 7a7 ,in ,general4--2 and 7#b7 by striking subsection 7b74