US Congress House Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-3)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2013 or the SHIELD Act of 2013 - 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 Secretary 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 2013

Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-01-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2013-01-03	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-01-03	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/55/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr55/BILLS-113hr55ih.pdf