US Congress House Bill 1551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 38-2)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-14 - Referred to House Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Guarantee Paychecks for America's Military Families Act - Prioritizes, in the event that the public debt of the U.S. government reaches the statutory limit, the following obligations over all other obligations: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (2) the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to pay members of the Armed Forces the earned pay, allowances, and other compensation paid from military personnel accounts; and (3) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a contingency operation (as defined in existing provisions of federal military law), including the pay earned by civilian employees of the DOD and the Coast Guard serving in a combat zone (as defined in existing provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). Appropriates to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, for any period of lapsed appropriations, such amounts as may be necessary to allow such Secretaries to provide, during the period of lapsed appropriations and without interruption: (1) pay and allowances to members of Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, who perform active service during the period of lapsed appropriations; and (2) pay to civilian employees of the DOD and the Coast Guard serving in a combat zone. Defines "period of lapsed appropriations" as any period during which appropriations are not available due to the absence of the timely enactment of any Act or joint resolution (whether a general appropriations Act or an Act or joint resolution making continuing appropriations) appropriating funds for the payment of the pay and allowances of members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the DOD and Coast Guard.

Guarantee Paychecks for America's Military Families Act

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Chip Cravaack [R-MN]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-14	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2011-04-14	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-04-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.)
HB1442 (Related) 2011-04-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
HB1469 (Related) 2011-04-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
HB1494 (Related) 2011-04-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
HB1508 (Related) 2011-04-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
SB721 (Related) 2011-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
SB724 (Related) 2011-04-08 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323)
SB774 (Related) 2011-04-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2359-2360)
SB777 (Related) 2011-04-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
SB855 (Related) 2011-04-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1551/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1551/BILLS-112hr1551ih.pdf