SHIELD Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 5, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017 or the SHIELD Act of 2017
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 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2017 to Feb 8, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | May 11, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jan 19, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 31, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Mar 16, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2017Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Coast guard
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Military personnel and dependents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in House
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