SHIELD Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- 2019-01-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- 2019-01-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2019-01-11Referred 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.
- 2019-01-11Referred 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.
- 2019-01-11Referred 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.
- 2019-01-11Referred 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.
- 2019-01-11Introduced in House
- 2019-01-11Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-11 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (7)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
Subjects
- 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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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