US Congress House Bill 1122 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SHIELD Act of 2015 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2015 Requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies. Requires the Department of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law enforcement officers, to make available necessary amounts to continue such pay and allowances.

SHIELD Act of 2015 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2015

Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2015-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-02-26	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-26	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and the Judiciary, 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.
2015-02-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1122/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1122/BILLS-114hr1122ih.pdf