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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 11, 2025
Coast Guard Sustained Funding 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 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.
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Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] · R–TN
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-11 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2025 would provide funding for Coast Guard pay during a defined lapse in annual funding. It would cover military members performing active service or inactive-duty training, plus civilian and contract employees who meet specified work requirements. The funding would end upon enactment of applicable funding legislation, including legislation that provided no money for the covered purpose.
This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act of 2025.
In the case of any period in which there is a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary— (1) to provide pay and allowances to military members of the Coast Guard, including the reserve component thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period; (2) to provide pay and benefits to qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard; and (3) to provide pay and benefits to qualified contract employees of the Coast Guard.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted for any fiscal year for any purpose under subsection (a) shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for such purpose. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.
The proposal defines a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse as a fiscal year beginning without an enacted general funding bill for the Coast Guard and without a joint resolution providing continuing funding in effect.
a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs in any case in which a general appropriation bill providing appropriations for the Coast Guard for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year (and no joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard is in effect).
During that defined lapse, the bill would directly provide as much funding as necessary for the specified pay, allowances and benefits, rather than merely authorize future funding. Military coverage would include Coast Guard reservists, but members must perform active service or inactive-duty training during the lapse.
In the case of any period in which there is a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary— (1) to provide pay and allowances to military members of the Coast Guard, including the reserve component thereof, who perform active service or inactive-duty training during such period; (2) to provide pay and benefits to qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard; and (3) to provide pay and benefits to qualified contract employees of the Coast Guard.
Coast Guard civilian employees would qualify for pay and benefits if the Commandant determined that they provide support to Coast Guard members or another Armed Force, or perform work as an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, using the Office of Personnel Management's definitions of those terms.
(2) to provide pay and benefits to qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard;
The term qualified civilian employee means a civilian employee of the Coast Guard who the Commandant determines is— (A) providing support to members of the Coast Guard or another Armed Force; or (B) performing work as an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management.
People working under contracts would qualify for pay and benefits if the Commandant determined that they support military members or qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard or another Armed Force, or are required to work during a funding lapse.
(3) to provide pay and benefits to qualified contract employees of the Coast Guard.
The term qualified contract employee of the Coast Guard means an individual performing work under a contract who the Commandant determines is— (A) providing support to military members or qualified civilian employees of the Coast Guard or another Armed Force; or (B) required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations.
The bill would apply the cited Anti-Deficiency Act provision to operations under this section, with three exceptions: a law expressly permits financial commitments before funding is enacted; operations involve emergencies concerning human safety or protection of property; or functions are necessary for the President's congressional duties.
Section 1341 of title 31 (commonly referred to as the Anti-Deficiency Act) shall apply to operations carried out under this section, except— (1) in the case of law that expressly authorizes incurring obligations in advance of appropriations; (2) operations that involve emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property; and (3) with respect to functions necessary to discharge the congressional duties of the President.
For each covered purpose, the temporary funding and authority would end at the earlier of two events: enactment of funding for that purpose, including continuing funding, or enactment of the applicable funding legislation without funding for that purpose.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted for any fiscal year for any purpose under subsection (a) shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for such purpose. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose.
The official-actions snapshot updated October 2, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on March 11, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-10-02T13:46:56Z. 2025-03-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. 2025-03-11: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2025-03-11: Introduced in House
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