,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ac1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,mast introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,appropriations1 and in   
addition to the ,committees on ,armed   
,services1 and ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for continuing   
appropriations for the pay and          
allowances of members of the ,armed     
,forces and certain essential employees 
of the ,federal ,aviation               
,administration in the event of a lapse 
in appropriations4 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,pay ,our ,patriots 
,act4  #b4 ,continuing appropriations   
for essential ,armed ,forces and ,,faa  
personnel  7a7 ,in general ,during a    

covered lapse in appropriations1 there  
are appropriated1 out of any money in   
the ,treasury not otherwise             
appropriated1 such sums as may be       
necessary to provide covered pay and    
allowances to covered employees4  7b7   
,rate of appropriations ,appropriations 
made under subsection 7a7 shall be      
available to provide covered pay and    
allowances at the rate in effect        
immediately before the beginning of the 
covered lapse in appropriations4  7c7   
,duration of appropriations             
,appropriations and authority made      
available under this section shall      
continue until the earlier of-- 7#a7 the
 date on which the applicable regular   
appropriations ,act or continuing       
resolution are enacted into law2 or     
7#b7 the last day of the fiscal year in 
which the covered lapse in              
appropriations begins4  #c4 ,ensuring   
seamless payment  7a7 ,obligation and   
disbursement ,the ,secretary of         
,defense1 the ,secretary of ,homeland   

,security1 and the ,secretary of        
,transportation shall1 for their        
respective covered employees1 continue  
to incur obligations and disburse       
payments for covered pay and allowances 
as if appropriations had been enacted in
 a timely manner4  7b7 ,availability of 
funds ,funds appropriated by this ,act  
shall be immediately available and shall
 not be subject to any reduction or     
sequestration4  #d4 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act--  7#a7 the term covered      
employee means-- 7,a7 a member of the   
,armed ,forces 7as defined in section   
#aja of title #aj1 ,united ,states      
,code71 including reserve components1   
who performs active service during a    
covered lapse in appropriations2 and    
7,b7 a civilian employee of the ,federal
 ,aviation ,administration who is       
determined by the ,administrator of the 
,federal ,aviation ,administration to be
 performing duties during a covered     
lapse in appropriations essential to the
 safe operation of the national airspace

 system1 including air traffic          
controllers1 safety inspectors1 and     
operational support technicians2  7#b7  
the term covered pay and allowances     
means the pay1 allowances1 and benefits1
 including statutory bonuses and retired
 pay1 to which a covered employee is    
entitled under law2 and  7#c7 the term  
covered lapse in appropriations means   
any period beginning on or after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act      
during which appropriations are not     
available for any component of the      
,armed ,forces or the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration4