US Congress House Bill 489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - 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, 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 2019 Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2019

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]
Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2019-01-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-01-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-01-11	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.
2019-01-11	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.
2019-01-11	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.
2019-01-11	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.
2019-01-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/489/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr489/BILLS-116hr489ih.pdf