Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2025
Summary
Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2025 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 (1) 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; and (2) a bill providing appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for the fiscal year has been enacted before the beginning of the fiscal year, or a joint resolution providing continuing appropriation for DOD is in effect. If a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs, the bill provides appropriations to the Coast Guard for pay and allowances for military members of the Coast Guard who perform active service or inactive-duty training; pay and benefits for certain civilian employees and contract employees; the payment of a death gratuity; payments for travel related to funerals, the dignified transfer of remains, and unit memorial services; and the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty. The bill generally provides the appropriations to the Coast Guard until the earlier of the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation, the termination of the availability of appropriations for DOD, or two weeks after the beginning of the Coast Guard-specific funding lapse.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 24, 2025
Last action Feb 24, 2025
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Committee
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Feb 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 67 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Hillary J. Scholten
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
April McClain Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Brittany Pettersen
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
Co
Daniel S. Goldman
DDemocratic
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