US Congress House Bill 1362 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during any funding gap during FY2011 when interim or full-year appropriations for the military personnel accounts have not been enacted. Requires: (1) such members to continue to be paid even if the debt of the U.S. government reaches its statutory limit, and (2) such pay obligation to take priority over all other government obligations.

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government and in the event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the statutory limit.

Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2011-04-04	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-04-04	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-04-04	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-04-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB1297 (Related) 2011-07-14 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Gohmert. Petition No: 112-2. ( ">Discharge petition text with signatures.)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1362/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1362/BILLS-112hr1362ih.pdf