,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bh1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself and ,mr4    
,rooney7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,honoring the ,families of ,fallen  
,soldiers ,act to provide a permanent   
appropriation of funds for the payment  
of death gratuities and related benefits
 for survivors of deceased military     
service members in event of any future  
period of lapsed appropriations4  #a4   
,permanent appropriation of funds for   
payment of death gratuities and related 
benefits for survivors of deceased      
military service members in event of a  
period of lapsed appropriations  7a7    
,appropriation ,the ,department of      
,defense ,survivor ,benefits ,continuing
 ,appropriations ,resolution1 #bjad     
7also known as the ,honoring the        
,families of ,fallen ,soldiers ,act2    
,public ,law #aac-dd7 is amended--  7#a7

 in the matter preceding section #aja1  
by inserting after fiscal year #bjad the
 following3 and subsequent fiscal years 
whenever there is a period of lapsed    
appropriations2 and  7#b7 in section    
#aja1 by adding at the end the following
 new subsection3  7c7  7#a7 ,during any 
subsequent period of lapsed             
appropriations during a fiscal year1    
such amounts as may be necessary1 at a  
rate for operations as provided for the 
most recent fiscal year for which an    
,act making appropriations for the      
,department of ,defense has been enacted
 and under the authority and conditions 
provided in such ,act1 for ,operation   
and ,maintenance and ,military          
,personnel accounts for the purpose of  
making the payments described in        
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 of         
subsection 7a7 during the period of     
lapsed appropriations4  7#b7 ,in        
paragraph 7#a7 and section #ajc1 the    
term period of lapsed appropriations    
means any period of time after the start

 of a fiscal year for which interim     
7other than pursuant to subsection 7a7  
or paragraph 7#a77 or full-year         
appropriations for the accounts referred
 to in paragraph 7#a7 are not in effect4
  4  7b7 ,duration ,section #ajc of the 
,department of ,defense ,survivor       
,benefits ,continuing ,appropriations   
,resolution1 #bjad 7also known as the   
,honoring the ,families of ,fallen      
,soldiers ,act2 ,public ,law #aac-dd7 is
 amended to read as follows3  #ajc4     
,appropriations and funds made available
 and authority granted pursuant to this 
joint resolution shall be available     
whenever there is a period of lapsed    
appropriations for the duration of the  
period of lapsed appropriations4  4