,,ii #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #hjb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,february #bg1 #bjbe,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 and ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,appropriations ,a ,,bill ,to amend title #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 to make appropriations for ,coast ,guard pay in the event an appropriations ,act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations ,act1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,pay ,our ,coast ,guard ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,coast ,guard is a military service and a branch of the ,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states at all times regardless of whether it operates as a service in the ,department of ,homeland ,security or as a service in the ,navy4 7#b7 ,notwithstanding respective appropriations and except as otherwise provided in law1 members of the ,coast ,guard should receive treatment equitable to that of other members of the ,armed ,forces with regard to pay and benefits4 #c4 ,coast ,guard pay2 continuation 7a7 ,in general ,chapter #bg of title #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #bghj4 ,pay2 continuation during lapse in appropriations 7a7 ,in general ,in the case of any period in which there is a ,coast ,guard-specific funding lapse1 there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary-- 7#a7 to provide pay and allowances to military members of the ,coast ,guard1 including the reserve component thereof1 who perform active service or in-active-duty training during such period2 7#b7 to provide pay and benefits to qualified civilian employees of the ,coast ,guard2 7#c7 to provide pay and benefits to qualified contract employees of the ,coast ,guard2 and 7#d7 to provide for-- 7,a7 the payment of a death gratuity under sections #adge through #adgg and #adhi of title #aj1 with respect to members of the ,coast ,guard2 7,b7 the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section #dha;f of title #cg1 with respect to members of the ,coast ,guard2 and 7,c7 the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the ,coast ,guard dying on active duty1 as authorized by section #djc7l7 of title #cg4 7b7 ,coast ,guard-,specific funding lapse ,for purposes of this section1 a ,coast ,guard-specific funding lapse occurs in any case in which-- 7#a7 a general appropriation bill providing appropriations for the ,coast ,guard for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year 7and no joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the ,coast ,guard is in effect72 and 7#b7 a general appropriation bill providing appropriations for the ,department of ,defense for such fiscal year is enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year 7or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the ,department of ,defense is in effect74 7c7 ,termination ,appropriations and funds made available and authority granted for any fiscal year for any purpose under subsection 7a7 shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs3 7#a7 ,the enactment into law of an appropriation 7including a continuing appropriation7 for such purpose4 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 ,the termination of availability of appropriations for the ,department of ,defense4 7d7 ,rate for operations2 applicability to appropriations ,acts ,appropriations made pursuant to this section shall be at a rate for operations and to the extent and manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations ,act4 7e7 ,charge to future appropriations ,expenditures made pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable appropriation1 fund1 or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation1 fund1 or authorization is enacted into law4 7f7 ,apportionment ,appropriations and funds made available by or authority granted under 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 but nothing in this section may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds4 7g7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,qualified civilian employee ,the term qualified civilian employee means a civilian employee of the ,coast ,guard who the ,commandant determines is-- 7,a7 providing support to members of the ,coast ,guard or another ,armed ,force2 or 7,b7 performing work as an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work1 as such terms are defined by the ,office of ,personnel ,management4 7#b7 ,qualified contract employee of the ,coast ,guard ,the term qualified contract employee of the ,coast ,guard means an individual performing work under a contract who the ,commandant determines is-- 7,a7 providing support to military members or qualified civilian employees of the ,coast ,guard or another ,armed ,force2 or 7,b7 required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations4 4 7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the analysis for chapter #bg of title #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #bghj4 ,pay2 continuation during lapse in appropriations4 4