Text of Senate Amendment 4640

Text of Senate Amendment 4640

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1303] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4640. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. PAY OUR COAST GUARD. (a) Continuing Appropriations for Members and Civilian Employees of the Coast Guard.--There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect-- (1) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard, including members of the Coast Guard Reserve who perform active service or inactive-duty training (as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code) during such period; and (2) such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to civilian employees of the Coast Guard. (b) Termination.--Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this section shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in subsection (a). (2) The enactment into law of the applicable regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) September 30, 2026. (c) Retroactive Effective Date.--This section shall take effect as if enacted on February 13, 2026. ______