S. 724: Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2291, S2291-2292, S2322-2323)

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011

Plain summary

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, during a federal funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, to transfer to the Secretary of Defense (DHS), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in the case of the Coast Guard, amounts necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces, including the reserves, who perform active service during the funding gap. Allows for the provision of such pay and allowances, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, for: (1) civilian DOD personnel providing support to such members; and (2) DOD contractor personnel providing direct support to such members. Prohibits any such transfer after December 31, 2011.

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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · 81 cosponsors

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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), John Hoeven (R-ND), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James E. Risch (R-ID), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Boozman (R-AR), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 21 more.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s724.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s724 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112