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This bill, known as the Pay Our Military Act, ensures that military personnel, civilian employees, and contractors continue to receive pay and allowances during a potential government funding lapse in fiscal year 2025. Specifically, the bill appropriates necessary funds from the Treasury to provide compensation to active-duty and reserve members of the Armed Forces, as well as civilian employees and contractors who directly support military personnel, in the event that interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect. The appropriations will remain available until one of three conditions is met: an appropriation is enacted for these purposes, a regular appropriations resolution is passed without funding for these purposes, or January 1, 2026 is reached. The bill uses standard legal definitions for terms like "active service," "Armed Forces," and "inactive-duty training" from Title 10 of the United States Code, and applies to both the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard when it is not operating as part of the Department of the Navy. The primary goal is to protect military pay and support during potential government funding interruptions.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2017/all-info