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HR 3628 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Coast guard Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development National Guard and reserves Public contracts and procurement

Pay Our Military Act

Introduced: September 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Sep 28, 2015
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Pay Our Military Act

This bill provides FY2016 and FY2017 appropriations for military pay and allowances during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect.

In the event of a government shutdown, the bill provides continuing appropriations for pay and allowances of:

  • members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period;
  • members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who perform inactive-duty training during the period; and
  • civilian personnel or contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) that are providing support to members of the Armed Forces.

The appropriations provided by this bill for a fiscal year are available until the earliest of: (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation for the fiscal year, (2) the end of the fiscal year, or (3) January 1, 2017.

What's happening now September 28, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 4
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Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Oct 8, 2015
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Oct 5, 2015
MacArthur, Thomas
· Oct 1, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 29, 2015
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 29, 2015
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Sep 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3628: Pay Our Military Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3628/
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"H.R. 3628: Pay Our Military Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3628/.
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