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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced February 27, 2025 by Rafael Edward Cruz · Last progress February 27, 2025
Allows the Coast Guard to continue paying certain personnel and providing specific benefits during a Coast Guard–only lapse in appropriations. It affirms that the Coast Guard is always a military service and establishes authorities, definitions, expiration rules, and accounting requirements for pay, benefits, and certain civilian/contractor payments during such a lapse.
The law covers active-duty and reserve members, certain Coast Guard civilian employees and contractors, and some death, funeral, and housing benefits for families; it sets limits on when the authorities end and how payments are charged and apportioned to accounts.