,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,hunter 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,franks
 of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,jones1
 ,mr4 ,yoder1 ,mr4 ,brady of            
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mrs4     
,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,coble1 ,mr4 ,culberson1
 ,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mr4      
,kinzinger of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,rooney1  
,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4  
,grimm1 ,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4
 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4      
,palazzo1 and ,mr4 ,coffman7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,appropriations1 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 prioritize certain       
,government obligations for continued   

payment in the event that the statutory 
debt limit is reached1 to appropriate   
funds for the pay and allowances of all 
members of the ,armed ,forces1 and for  
those civilian employees of the         
,department of ,defense and the ,coast  
,guard serving in a combat zone1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,guarantee    
,paychecks for ,america's ,military     
,families ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in   
this section3  7#a7 ,the term ,armed    
,forces means the ,army1 ,navy1 ,air    
,force1 ,marine ,corps1 and ,coast      
,guard1 including reserve components    
thereof4  7#b7 ,the term combat zone has
 the meaning given that term in section 
#aab7;c77#b7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf4  7#c7 ,the term         
contingency operation has the meaning   
given that term in section #aja7;a77#ac7
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4   
7#d7 ,the term military personnel       
accounts mean the military personnel1   
reserve personnel1 and ,national ,guard 

personnel accounts of the ,department of
 ,defense1 generally title ,i of an     
annual ,department of ,defense          
appropriations ,act1 and the            
corresponding accounts for the          
,department of ,homeland ,security used 
to provide pay and allowances for       
members of the ,coast ,guard4  7#e7 ,the
 term pay and allowances means basic    
pay1 bonuses and special pay1 allowances
 and any other forms of compensation    
available for members of the ,armed     
,forces under title #cg1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 or otherwise paid from military 
personnel accounts4  7#f7 ,the term     
period of lapsed appropriations means   
any period during which appropriations  
are not available due to the absence of 
the timely enactment of any ,act or     
joint resolution 7whether a general     
appropriations ,act or an ,act or joint 
resolution making continuing            
appropriations7 appropriating funds for 
the payment of the pay and allowances of
 members of the ,armed ,forces or       

civilian employees of the ,department of
 ,defense and the ,coast ,guard4  #c4   
,priority given to payment of certain   
,government obligations in event debt   
limit is reached ,in the event that the 
debt of the ,united ,states ,government1
 as defined in section #caja of title   
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 reaches the 
statutory limit1 the following          
obligations shall take priority over all
 other obligations incurred by the      
,government of the ,united ,states3     
7#a7 ,the obligation of the ,secretary  
of the ,treasury provided in section    
#cabc of title #ca1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to pay with legal tender the     
principal and interest on debt held by  
the public4  7#b7 ,the obligation of the
 ,secretary of ,defense 7and the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security in the
 case of the ,coast ,guard7 to pay      
members of the ,armed ,forces the pay   
and allowances earned under title #cg1  
,united ,states ,code1 and other        
compensation paid from the military     

personnel accounts4  7#c7 ,the          
obligations incurred by the ,secretary  
of ,defense 7and the ,secretary of      
,homeland ,security in the case of the  
,coast ,guard7 to carry out a           
contingency operation 7as defined in    
section #aja7;a77#ac7 of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code71 including the   
pay earned by civilian employees of the 
,department of ,defense and the ,coast  
,guard serving in a combat zone 7as     
defined in section #aab7;c77#b7 of the  
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf74  #d4
 ,permanent appropriation of funds to   
provide pay and allowances for members  
of the ,armed ,forces and certain       
civilian employees during period of     
lapsed appropriations ,for any period of
 lapsed appropriations1 there are       
appropriated1 out of any moneys in the  
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 to
 the ,secretary of ,defense 7and the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security in the
 case of the ,coast ,guard7 such amounts
 as may be necessary to allow the       

,secretary of ,defense 7and the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security in the
 case of the ,coast ,guard7 to provide1 
during the period of lapsed             
appropriations and without              
interruption--  7#a7 pay and allowances 
to members of armed forces1 including   
reserve components thereof1 who perform 
active service during the period of     
lapsed appropriations2 and  7#b7 pay to 
civilian employees of the ,department of
 ,defense and the ,coast ,guard serving 
in a combat zone4