US Congress Senate Bill 724 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-04-08 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DHS), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, for: (1) civilian DOD personnel providing support to such members; and (2) DOD contractor personnel providing direct support to such members. Prohibits any such transfer after December 31, 2011.

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011

Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-08	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323)
2011-04-07	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2257-2258)
2011-04-06	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2152-2153)
2011-04-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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.
HB1551 (Related) 2011-04-14 - Referred to House Appropriations
SB721 (Related) 2011-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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/senate-bill/724/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s724/BILLS-112s724is.pdf