Pay Our Protectors Act of 2019 This bill provides continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) who are required to work without pay during a lapse in appropriations for FY2019. The bill applies to DHS and DOJ employees who are excepted employees or performing emergency work during a lapse in FY2019 appropriations. The employees must also be officers or employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Safety Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the Central Intelligence Agency; DOJ attorneys who prosecute criminal offenses; or DOJ immigration judges.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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AppropriationsBorder security and unlawful immigrationCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA)Coast guardCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementImmigration status and proceduresIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationJudgesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersTransportation safety and security
Pay Our Protectors Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-111| Senate
| Updated: 1/10/2019
Pay Our Protectors Act of 2019 This bill provides continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of certain employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) who are required to work without pay during a lapse in appropriations for FY2019. The bill applies to DHS and DOJ employees who are excepted employees or performing emergency work during a lapse in FY2019 appropriations. The employees must also be officers or employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Safety Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the Central Intelligence Agency; DOJ attorneys who prosecute criminal offenses; or DOJ immigration judges.
AppropriationsBorder security and unlawful immigrationCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA)Coast guardCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementImmigration status and proceduresIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationJudgesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersTransportation safety and security