,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bje #aaith         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #cjca    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,october #bb 7legislative day1
 ,october #ba71 #bjbe,mr4 ,cruz 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,lankford1  
and ,mr4 ,sullivan7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read the first
 time  ,october #bb1 #bjbe,read the     
second time and placed on the calendar  
,a ,,bill  ,making continuing           
appropriations for essential ,federal   
,aviation ,administration and           
,transportation ,security               
,administration pay and operations in   
the event of a ,federal ,government     
shutdown1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,keep ,america ,flying ,act of      
#bjbf4  #b4 ,continuing appropriations  
for air traffic controllers and         
transportation security personnel  7a7  
,in general ,there are hereby           
appropriated for fiscal year #bjbf1 out 
of any money in the ,treasury not       

otherwise appropriated1 for the period  
beginning ,october #a1 #bjbe1 during    
which interim or full-year              
appropriations for fiscal year #bjbf are
 not in effect-- 7#a7 such sums as are  
necessary to provide standard rates of  
pay1 allowances1 pay differentials1     
benefits1 and other payments otherwise  
payable on a regular basis to air       
traffic controllers and other essential 
operational personnel of the ,federal   
,aviation ,administration whose services
 are required for the safe and orderly  
operation of the national airspace      
system2  7#b7 such sums as are necessary
 to provide standard rates of pay1      
allowances1 pay differentials1 benefits1
 and other payments otherwise payable on
 a regular basis to employees of the    
,transportation ,security               
,administration engaged in screening    
operations1 aviation security duties1 or
 related mission-support functions      
necessary to carry out security         
screening under chapter #ddi of title   

#di1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#c7 such  
sums as are necessary to provide for    
payments to contractors of the ,federal 
,aviation ,administration whom the      
,secretary of ,transportation determines
 are providing support to the personnel 
described in paragraph 7#a72 and  7#d7  
such sums as are necessary to provide   
for payments to contractors of the      
,transportation ,security               
,administration whom the ,administrator 
or ,acting ,administrator of the        
,transportation ,security               
,administration determines are providing
 support to the personnel described in  
paragraph 7#b74  7b7 ,charge to future  
appropriations ,expenditures made       
pursuant to subsection 7a7 shall be     
charged to the applicable appropriation1
 fund1 or authorization whenever an ,act
 in which such applicable appropriation1
 fund1 or authorization is included is  
enacted into law4  #c4 ,termination     
,appropriations and funds made available
 and authority granted pursuant to this 

,act shall be available until whichever 
of the following first occurs3 7#a7 ,the
 enactment into law of an appropriation 
7including a continuing appropriation7  
for any purpose for which amounts are   
made available in section #b4  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   
,september #cj1 #bjbf4  #d4 ,retroactive
 effective date ,this ,act shall take   
effect as if enacted on ,september #cj1 
#bjbe4  ,october #bb1 #bjbe,read the    
second time and placed on the calendar