US Congress House Bill 3616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on September 25 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-25 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defending Our Defenders Act This bill provides appropriations for pay and allowances for the military and supporting civilian and contractor personnel during a funding gap in which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces have not been enacted for the fiscal year. The bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from furloughing any employee funded by a working-capital fund unless: (1) the fund is insolvent, or (2) the fund has insufficient funds to pay the employee. DOD may waive this restriction for national security. If the public debt reaches the statutory limit, the following obligations must have equal priority over all other U.S. obligations: principal and interest on debt held by the public, pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces on active duty, salaries for DOD civilian employees, and salaries for DOD contractors. The funds and authorities provided by this bill are available until the earliest of January 1, 2016, or enactment of specified appropriations legislation.

Defending Our Defenders Act

Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-25	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-09-25	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-09-25	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
2015-09-25	House	Introduced in House

SB103 (Related) 2015-01-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3616/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3616/BILLS-114hr3616ih.pdf