Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act

Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act - Appropriates amounts to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow for the timely payment of death gratuities under specified code provisions addressing death benefits for deceased military personnel.

Defines "funding gap" as any period during FY2011 for which interim or full-year appropriations (other than as provided by this Act) for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1469 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1469

Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department of 
  Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the 
 Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of 
the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite the failure 
   to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2011

 Mr. Kissell (for himself, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
 Holden, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Boren, Mr. 
 Yarmuth, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Rothman of New 
 Jersey, Mr. Costa, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, 
   Ms. Sutton, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Israel, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
 Carnahan, Mr. Long, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Farr, Mrs. Lowey, 
    Mr. Tonko, Mr. McCotter, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
  Loebsack, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
 Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Barrow, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
     Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Welch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Braley of Iowa, 
Mr. Holt, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Higgins, 
   Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mrs. Capps, Mr. McIntyre, Ms. Wilson of 
 Florida, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
Mr. Sires, Mr. Altmire, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, 
Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
 Cole, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Rush, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Stivers, 
Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Critz, Mr. Miller of Florida, Ms. 
  Richardson, Mr. Himes, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Wu, Ms. Linda T. 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Peterson, and Mrs. 
  Hartzler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making appropriations to ensure the prompt payment by the Department of 
  Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the 
 Coast Guard) of the death gratuity paid upon the death of members of 
the Armed Forces and certain other eligible persons despite the failure 
   to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO MILITARY DEATH GRATUITIES 
              DURING FUNDING GAP IMPACTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR 
              DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) Appropriation of Funds for Death Gratuities.--Amounts are 
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) during a funding gap 
impacting the Armed Forces to allow the Secretaries of the military 
departments (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the 
Coast Guard) to pay death gratuities on a timely basis pursuant to 
subchapter II of chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, during the 
funding gap.
    (b) Funding Gap Defined.--In this section, the term ``funding gap'' 
means any period of time during fiscal year 2011 for which interim or 
full-year appropriations (other than as provided by this section) for 
the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have 
not been enacted.
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