,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ba1      
#bjbc,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to make    
continuing appropriations for military  
pay in the event of a ,government       
shutdown4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pay ,our ,troops   
,act4  #b4 ,continuing appropriations   
for members of the ,armed ,forces  7a7  
,in general ,there are hereby           
appropriated for fiscal year #bjbd1 out 
of any money in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 for any period  
during which interim or full-year       
appropriations for fiscal year #bjbd are
 not in effect1 such sums as are        
necessary to provide pay and allowances 
to--  7#a7 members of the ,armed        
,forces1 including the reserve          
components thereof1 who perform active  
service during such period2  7#b7       

civilian employees of the ,department of
 ,defense 7and the ,department of       
,homeland ,security in the case of the  
,coast ,guard when the ,coast ,guard is 
not operating as a service in the       
,department of the ,navy7 whom the      
,secretary concerned determines are     
providing support to members of the     
,armed ,forces described in paragraph   
7#a72 and  7#c7 contractors of the      
,department of ,defense 7and the        
,department of ,homeland ,security in   
the case of the ,coast ,guard when the  
,coast ,guard is not operating as a     
service in the ,department of the ,navy7
 whom the ,secretary concerned          
determines are providing support to     
members of the ,armed ,forces described 
in paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,termination    
,appropriations and funds made available
 and authority granted pursuant to this 
,act shall be available until whichever 
of the following occurs first3  7#a7    
,the enactment into law of an           
appropriation 7including a continuing   

appropriation7 for any purpose for which
 amounts are made available by          
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  7#c7 ,january #a1 #bjbe4
  7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,the terms active service and      
,armed ,forces have the meanings given  
such terms in section #aja of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term 
reserve components means the components 
named in section #ajaja of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,the term  
,secretary concerned means-- 7,a7 the   
,secretary of ,defense with respect to  
matters concerning the ,department of   
,defense2 and  7,b7 the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security with respect to     
matters concerning the ,coast ,guard    
when the ,coast ,guard is not operating 
as a service in the ,department of the  
,navy4