,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #aj1 #bjai 
,ms4 ,mc,sally introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to make continuing            
appropriations for certain employees of 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security  
and the ,department of ,justice in the  
event of a shutdown of the ,federal     
,government4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,pay ,our      
,protectors ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,continuing appropriations for certain  
employees of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security and the ,department 
of ,justice  7a7 ,definition ,in this   
section1 the term covered excepted      
employee means an officer or employee-- 
7#a7 who is an officer or employee of an
 agency that is subject to a lapse in   
appropriations during fiscal year #bjai2
  7#b7 who is--  7,a7 an officer or     
employee of-- 7i7 ,u4,s4 ,customs and   

,border ,protection2  7ii7 ,u4,s4       
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement2 
7iii7 the ,transportation ,safety       
,administration2  7iv7 the ,coast       
,guard2  7v7 the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation2 or  7vi7 the ,central   
,intelligence ,agency2  7,b7 an attorney
 employed by the ,department of ,justice
 who prosecutes criminal offenses2 or   
7,c7 an immigration judge employed by   
the ,department of ,justice2 and  7#c7  
who is an excepted employee or an       
employee performing emergency work1 as  
such terms are defined by the ,office of
 ,personnel ,management4  7b7           
,appropriation ,there are hereby        
appropriated for fiscal year #bjai1 out 
of any money in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 to the head of  
each agency that employs #a or more     
covered excepted employees for any      
period during which interim or full-year
 appropriations for fiscal year #bjai   
are not in effect such sums as are      
necessary to provide pay and allowances 

to each covered excepted employee of the
 agency4  7c7 ,termination              
,appropriations made available and      
authority granted under subsection 7b7  
shall be available to the head of an    
agency until the earliest of--  7#a7 the
 enactment into law of a regular        
appropriations ,act providing           
appropriations for the agency for fiscal
 year #bjai2  7#b7 the enactment into   
law of a law providing continuing or    
regular appropriations for the agency   
for fiscal year #bjai that does not     
provide appropriations for the purpose  
for which amounts are appropriated under
 subsection 7b72 or  7#c7 ,january #a1  
#bjbj4  7d7 ,application ,for a lapse in
 appropriations that is in effect on the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 each   
covered excepted employee shall be      
compensated for work performed during   
the lapse in appropriations during the  
period before such date of enactment at 
the standard rate of compensation for   
the covered excepted employee at the    

earliest date possible after such date  
of enactment4