HR 55
113th 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 2013
Introduced: January 3, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 4, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 3, 2013
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.
Jan 3, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2013 or the SHIELD Act of 2013 - 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.