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HR 1122 114th 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 2015

Introduced: May 15, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 26, 2015
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.
Feb 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2015 or the SHIELD Act of 2015

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 Department 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 August 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Bishop, Mike
· May 15, 2015
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 26, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1122: SHIELD Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1122/
MLA
"H.R. 1122: SHIELD Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1122/.
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H.R. 1122, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1122/.
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