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HR 2886 112th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Coast guard Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Military personnel and dependents

SHIELD Act of 2011

Introduced: November 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Sep 23, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Sep 12, 2011
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.
Sep 12, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011 or SHIELD Act of 2011 - 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.

What's happening now September 23, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Meehan, Patrick
· Nov 18, 2011
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Nov 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2886: SHIELD Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2886/
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"H.R. 2886: SHIELD Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2886/.
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H.R. 2886, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2886/.
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