,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ae1  
#bjbf,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,justice7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for    
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 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,covered component ,the   
term covered component means-- 7,a7 ,air
 and ,marine ,operations of ,u4,s4      
,customs and ,border ,protection2  7,b7 
the ,office of ,field ,operations of    
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection2
  7,c7 the ,u4,s4 ,border ,patrol of    
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection2
  7,d7 ,homeland ,security              
,investigations of ,u4,s4 ,immigration  
and ,customs ,enforcement2 and  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 who 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 such term in      
section #acda7;c77#a77;,d7 of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,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 such   
title2  7,b7 compensation for disability
 or death for missing employees under   
section #eegj of such title2  7,c7      
compensation for disability or death of 
employees under section #hajb of such   

title2 and  7,d7 funeral expenses and   
transportation of bodies under section  
#hacd of such title4  7c7 ,termination  
,appropriations and funds made available
 and authority granted for any fiscal   
year under subsection 7b7 shall be      
available until the earlier of-- 7#a7   
the date of the enactment of a law of   
making an appropriation for the purposes
 for which amounts are made available   
under subsection 7b72 or  7#b7 the date 
of the enactment of a law of a regular  
appropriations ,act1 or a law making    
continuing appropriations until the end 
of the fiscal year1 without any         
appropriation for the purposes described
 in paragraph 7#a74  7d7 ,charging of   
expenditures ,expenditures made for the 
purposes described in subsection 7b7    
from amounts made available under       
subsection 7b7 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  7e7 ,apportionment
  7#a7 ,in general ,appropriations and  
any other funds made available by1 or   
authority granted under1 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     
,code4  7#b7 ,rule of construction      
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to waive any other provision  
of law governing the apportionment of   
funds4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of contents for the ,homeland     
,security ,act of #bjjb 7,public ,law   
#ajg-bif7 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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