,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,turner introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations1 and in   
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,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 are paid in the event of a       
,government shutdown4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,support 
,our ,department of ,defense ,civilian  
,employees ,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 all civilian employees   
and contractors of the ,department of   
,defense and the ,coast ,guard serve to 
provide support to members of the ,armed
 ,forces4  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#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#a72 and  7#b7 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#a74  7c7      
,treatment of previously furloughed     
employees ,subsection 7b7 of such       

section is amended to read as follows3  
7b7 ,treatment of previously furloughed 
employees  7#a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,defense 7and the
 ,secretary of ,homeland ,security with 
respect to the ,coast ,guard7 shall     
ensure that all personnel described in  
paragraph 7#b7 are treated as retained  
or excepted status1 as those terms are  
used in the ,office of ,management and  
,budget ,circular ,a-#aa1 during the    
period for which continuing             
appropriations are made available       
pursuant to subsection 7a71 effective as
 of the date of the enactment of the    
,support ,our ,department of ,defense   
,civilian ,employees ,act4  7#b7        
,personnel described ,personnel         
described in this paragraph are civilian
 personnel of the ,department of        
,defense or the ,coast ,guard that the  
,secretary of ,defense 7or the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security with  
respect to the ,coast ,guard7 determined

 were not in retained or excepted       
status1 as those terms are used in the  
,office of ,management and ,budget      
,circular ,a-#aa1 at any time during the
 period beginning on ,october #a1 #bjac1
 and ending on the date of the enactment
 of the ,support ,our ,department of    
,defense ,civilian ,employees ,act4  4