HR 1469
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1469
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department
of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast
Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of the Armed Forces
and certain other eligible persons despite the failure to enact interim or
full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2011
Mr. KISSELL (for himself, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SHULER, Mr. HOLDEN,
Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. LUJAN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. COSTA,
Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. MCGOVERN,
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. LONG, Ms. SCHWARTZ,
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FARR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. PINGREE of
Maine, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BARROW, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROUN of
Georgia, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD,
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ROSS
of Arkansas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas,
Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr.
LANGEVIN, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ALTMIRE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. LORETTA
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BLUMENAUER,
Mr. FILNER, Mr. COLE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr.
STIVERS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois,
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Ms.
RICHARDSON, Mr. HIMES, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. WU, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ
of California, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. PETERSON, and Mrs. HARTZLER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department
of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast
Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of the Armed Forces
and certain other eligible persons despite the failure to enact interim or
full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act'.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO MILITARY DEATH GRATUITIES DURING
FUNDING GAP IMPACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.
(a) Appropriation of Funds for Death Gratuities- Amounts are hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary
of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast
Guard) during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow the Secretaries
of the military departments (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the
case of the Coast Guard) to pay death gratuities on a timely basis pursuant
to subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, during the
funding gap.
(b) Funding Gap Defined- In this section, the term `funding gap' means any
period of time during fiscal year 2011 for which interim or full-year appropriations
(other than as provided by this section) for the personnel accounts of the
Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.
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