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 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Apr 14, 2011

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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