,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1        
#bjai,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide1
 in the event of a ,government shutdown 
during fiscal year #bjai1 continuing    
appropriations to members and employees 
of the ,coast ,guard and law enforcement
 officers and custom and border         
protection officers within the          
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,pay our 
,homeland ,heroes ,act4  #b4 ,continuing
 appropriations for ,coast ,guard and   
law enforcement officers and custom and 
border protection officers in the       
,department of ,homeland ,security  7a7 
,in general ,there are hereby           
appropriated for fiscal year #bjai1 out 
of any money in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 for any period  

during which interim or full-year       
appropriations for fiscal year #bjai are
 not in effect--  7#a7 such sums as are 
necessary to provide pay and allowances 
to members and employees of the ,coast  
,guard2 and  7#b7 such sums as are      
necessary to provide the salary and     
expenses of any law enforcement officer 
7as that term is defined in section     
#hdja7ag7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code7 or customs and border protection 
officer 7as that term is defined in     
section #hdja7cf7 of such title7 within 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security4 
7b7 ,availability ,appropriations and   
funds made available and authority      
granted pursuant to subsection 7a7 shall
 be available until whichever of the    
following first occurs3  7#a7 ,the      
enactment into law of an appropriation  
7including a continuing appropriation7  
for any purpose for which amounts are   
made available in subsection 7a74  7#b7 
,the enactment into law of the          
applicable regular or continuing        

appropriations resolution or other ,act 
without any appropriation for such      
purpose4  7c7 ,backpay ,with respect to 
the period of a lapse in the            
appropriations described in subsection  
7a7 beginning on or around ,december    
#bb1 #bjah1 and ending on the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 compensation    
provided by this section shall be       
considered to be payments made in       
accordance with subsection 7c7 of       
section #acda of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by the          
,government ,employee ,fair ,treatment  
,act of #bjai4