Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Guard Appropriation Restoration During Shutdown Act” or “GARDS Act”.
Guard Appropriation Restoration During Shutdown Act
A BILL
To amend the Pay Our Military Act to provide funds for the operations of the National Guard.
Sec. 2 Continuing appropriations to cover National Guard personnel and operational costs
Section 2 of the Pay Our Military Act (HR 3210 of the 113th Congress) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “or, in the case of members of the National Guard, who perform inactive-duty training or other service during such period for which the members would otherwise be entitled to pay and allowances”;
in subsection (a)(2), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “or, without regard to any such determination, are civilian personnel of the National Guard, including military technicians (dual status)”; and
by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
“(b) National Guard operations—There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2014 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary to provide for the operation and maintenance of the National Guard, including necessary sums to prevent any interruption or delay in the performance by the National Guard of domestic disaster relief and recovery operations.”