,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ab1    
#bjbf ,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,schiff7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to make continuing            
appropriations for ,federal ,emergency  
,management ,agency 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 ,pay ,,fema ,personnel ,act of      
#bjbf4  #b4 ,continuing appropriations  
for ,,fema personnel  7a7 ,in general   
,there is appropriated to the           
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency 7in this 
,act referred to as the ,administrator7 
for fiscal year #bjbf1 out of amounts in
 the ,treasury not otherwise            
appropriated1 for the period beginning  
,february #ad1 #bjbf1 during which      
interim or full-year appropriations for 

fiscal year #bjbf are not in effect such
 sums as may be necessary--  7#a7 to    
provide standard rates of pay1          
allowances1 pay differentials1 benefits1
 and other payments otherwise payable on
 a regular basis to employees of the    
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
whose services are required to carry out
 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq472  7#b7 to 
provide standard rates of pay1          
allowances1 pay differentials1 benefits1
 and other payments otherwise payable on
 a regular basis to employees of the    
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
whose services are required to          
administer ,federal assistance through  
grants1 contracts1 and cooperative      
agreements not relating to the ,robert  
,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq472 and  7#c7 to  
support all other activities necessary  
for the administration of every grant   

program administered by the ,federal    
,emergency ,management ,agency4  7b7    
,rule of construction ,nothing in       
subsection 7a7 shall be construed to    
prohibit the ,administrator from        
awarding or disbursing grant program    
funding4  7c7 ,charge to future         
appropriations ,expenditures made with  
amounts appropriated 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 ,amounts    
made available and authority granted    
under this ,act shall be available until
 the earliest of the following dates3   
7#a7 ,the date of enactment into law of 
an appropriation 7including a continuing
 appropriation7 for any purpose for     
which amounts are made available under  
section #b7;a74  7#b7 ,the date of      
enactment into law of the applicable    
regular or continuing appropriations    

resolution or other ,act without any    
appropriation for any purpose for which 
amounts are made available under section
 #b7;a74  7#c7 ,september #cj1 #bjbf4   
#d4 ,retroactive effective date ,this   
,act shall take effect as if enacted on 
,february #ac1 #bjbf4