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HR 489 116th 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 2019

Introduced: January 11, 2019 Introduced by: Fitzpatrick, Brian K. Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jan 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 11, 2019
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 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2019 or the SHIELD Act of 2019

This bill 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.

This bill 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 February 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Harder, Josh
California · Feb 13, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 5, 2019
 R
Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jan 15, 2019
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Jan 15, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 489: SHIELD Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-489/
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"H.R. 489: SHIELD Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-489/.
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H.R. 489, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-489/.
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