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 | |
| I-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 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jan 22, 2018 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Jan 29, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Feb 8, 2018 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2017 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2017 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2017 |
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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H10230enact | — | Dec 19, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 45, March 15, 2017, page H2083.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 489 | SHIELD Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prioritize the payment of pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers in the event the debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SHIELD Act of 2017
- Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2017
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
