United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 489 (116th)
SHIELD Act of 2019
Introduced
11 January 2019
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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Summary
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2019 or the SHIELD Act of 201 9 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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 January 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 January 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 January 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/489
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/489