,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bi 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1   
,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,wicker1 and ,mr4 ,johnson7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,making continuing 
appropriations for certain employees and
 contractors of ,u4,s4 ,customs and     
,border ,protection and ,u4,s4          
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
in the event of a ,government shutdown4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,keep ,our ,border ,agents ,paid
 ,act4  #b4 ,continuing appropriations  
for certain employees and contractors of
 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection
 and ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs   
,enforcement  7a7 ,in general ,subtitle 
,c of title ,,iv of the ,homeland       

,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#bca et seq47 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  #dcg4           
,continuing appropriations for certain  
employees and contractors of ,u4,s4     
,customs and ,border ,protection and    
,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs        
,enforcement  7a7 ,in general ,for any  
period in which there is a lapse in     
appropriations for the ,department1     
there are appropriated1 out of any money
 in the ,treasury not otherwise         
appropriated1 such sums as are necessary
 to provide-- 7#a7 pay to excepted      
employees and covered contractors of    
covered components of the ,department2  
and  7#b7 benefits under chapters #ee   
and #ha of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to such employees1 including--   
7,a7 benefits for captives under section
 #eefi of that title2  7,b7 compensation
 for disability or death for missing    
employees under section #eegj of that   
title2  7,c7 compensation for disability
 or death of employees under section    

#hajb of that title2 and  7,d7 funeral  
expenses and transportation of bodies   
under section #hacd of that title4  7b7 
,termination ,appropriations and funds  
made available and authority granted for
 any fiscal year under 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 the purposes for which amounts are  
made available under subsection 7a74    
7#b7 ,the enactment into law of a       
regular appropriation ,act1 or a law    
making continuing appropriations until  
the end of the fiscal year1 without any 
appropriation for such purposes4  7c7   
,charging of expenditures ,expenditures 
made for the purposes described in      
subsection 7a7 from amounts made        
available under that subsection shall be
 charged to the applicable              
appropriation1 fund1 or authorization   
whenever a regular appropriation ,act1  
or a law making continuing              

appropriations1 for such purposes is    
enacted4  7d7 ,apportionment            
,appropriations and funds made available
 by or authority granted under this     
section may be used without regard to   
the time limitations for submission and 
approval of apportionments set forth in 
section #aeac of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 but nothing in this      
section may be construed to waive any   
other provision of law governing the    
apportionment of funds4  7e7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered component ,the term covered    
component means any of the following3   
7,a7 ,air and ,marine ,operations of    
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection4
  7,b7 ,the ,office of ,field           
,operations of ,u4,s4 ,customs and      
,border ,protection4  7,c7 ,the ,u4,s4  
,border ,patrol of ,u4,s4 ,customs and  
,border ,protection4  7,d7 ,homeland    
,security ,investigations of ,u4,s4     
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement4 
7,e7 ,enforcement and ,removal          

,operations of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and  
,customs ,enforcement4  7#b7 ,covered   
contractor ,the term covered contractor 
means an individual-- 7,a7 performing   
work for a covered component under a    
contract2 and  7,b7 that the ,secretary 
determines is-- 7i7 providing support to
 excepted employees of the covered      
component2 or  7ii7 required to perform 
work during a lapse in appropriations4  
7#c7 ,excepted employee ,the term       
excepted employee has the meaning given 
that term in section #acda7;c7 of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7     
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents for the ,homeland ,security    
,act of #bjjb is amended by inserting   
after the item relating to section #dcf 
the following3  ,sec4 #dcg4 ,continuing 
appropriations for certain employees and
 contractors of ,u4,s4 ,customs and     
,border ,protection and ,u4,s4          
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement4 
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