S 855
112th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Appropriations
Coast guard
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings
Pay Our Troops Act
Introduced: April 14, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 14, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Pay Our Troops Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DOD), 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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