HR 5842 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2023

Introduced Sep 29, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Mark E. Green R-TN

Latest action · Oct 2, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 29, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2023

This bill provides continuing appropriations to the Coast Guard for pay and benefits when there is a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse.

Under the bill, a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs when a bill providing appropriations for the Coast Guard for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the beginning of that fiscal year, and no joint resolution providing continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard is in effect.

If a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs, the bill provides appropriations to the Coast Guard for (1) pay and allowances for military members of the Coast Guard, including reserve components, who perform active service or inactive-duty training; and (2) pay and benefits for certain civilian and contract employees who are providing support to members of the Coast Guard or another Armed Force and are working during the funding lapse.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2023 to Apr 9, 2024; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-MS	Mike Ezell	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-TX	Monica De La Cruz	Original	Sep 29, 2023
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Feb 28, 2024
R-NY	Anthony D'Esposito		Apr 9, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Sep 29, 2023
	Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee	Referred Oct 2, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House
Sep 29, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Should there be a lapse in appropriations, the US Coast Guard will still have available funds in order for its uniformed and civilian personnel to carry out their respective duties.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 159, September 29, 2023, page H4911.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2693	Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2023	Related bill	Apr 19, 2023
S 2791	Pay Our Coast Guard Act	Related bill	Sep 13, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 14, United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new appropriations Act, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 29, 2023Introduced in House

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