,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1          
#bjbe,mrs4 ,sykes 7for herself and ,mr4 
,bacon7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure  
continuity of pay and allowances for    
members of the ,armed ,forces in the    
event of a lapse in appropriations4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,pay ,our ,military ,act4  #b4     
,continuing appropriations for pay and  
allowances for members of the ,armed    
,forces  7a7 ,in general ,there are     
hereby appropriated for fiscal year     
#bjbe1 out of any money in the ,treasury
 not otherwise appropriated1 for any    
period during which interim or full-year
 appropriations for fiscal year #bjbe   
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 or inactive-duty training 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 the first 
of the following 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  7#c7 ,january #a1 #bjbf4  7c7 
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,the terms active service1 ,armed       
,forces1 and inactive-duty training 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  
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