{"id":71977,"date":"2019-01-04T19:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/04\/as-shutdown-continues-lawmakers-look-for-fix-on-coast-guard-pay\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:50:48","slug":"as-shutdown-continues-lawmakers-look-for-fix-on-coast-guard-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/04\/as-shutdown-continues-lawmakers-look-for-fix-on-coast-guard-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"As shutdown continues, lawmakers look to pay Coast Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 With fears the partial government shutdown could drag on for weeks, the Senate is moving legislation that would pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/28\/coast-guard-wont-see-paychecks-for-several-more-weeks-as-shutdown-continues\/\" target=_blank>Coast Guard service members<\/a>, even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/23\/latest-government-shutdown-threat-doesnt-pack-as-much-fear-for-troops-and-veterans\/\" target=_blank>the budget stalemate continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., introduced the \u201cPay Our Coast Guard Act\u201d to keep paying personnel even during a lapse in appropriations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exemption also would cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/21\/coast-guard-would-bear-the-brunt-of-latest-government-shutdown\/\" target=_blank>Coast Guard retired benefits<\/a>, death gratuities and other related payouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven other senators \u2014 three Republican and four Democrats \u2014 already have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill and Senate leaders fast-tracked the legislation so that the chamber could vote on it as soon as next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the shutdown continues another week, it will imperil paychecks scheduled for Jan. 15 to more than 50,000 members of the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 42,000 of them are required to report to work without pay because they\u2019re deemed essential employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/12\/29\/coast-guard-members-will-get-paid-next-week-despite-the-government-shutdown\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4985243.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coast Guard members will get paid next week, despite the government shutdown<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Service officials had previously warned members not to expect a paycheck until mid-January at the earliest.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salaries for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are not affected by the latest government shutdown because the Department of Defense had its full fiscal year funding approved last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Coast Guard is funded through the Department of Homeland Security, one of multiple agencies whose budgets lapsed late last month amid a squabble between the White House and congressional Democrats over President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial southern border wall project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a week of warning that the shutdown would halt all Coast Guard paychecks, service officials announced on Dec. 28 that Homeland Security officials had found a work around to cover about $75 million needed for the Dec. 31 pay period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they also warned that if the shutdown continued they would be unable to repeat that action for the mid-January paychecks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, Trump called his most recent meeting with Democratic leaders on the budget impasse \u201cproductive\u201d but also confirmed that he told lawmakers he was prepared to keep the government shutdown \u201cfor months or years\u201d if they don\u2019t agree to adequately fund his border wall project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe won\u2019t be opening the government until this (immigration problem) is solved,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a bigger problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate legislation \u2014 which would also have to be adopted by the House and signed by the president \u2014 is among several proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill to blunt some of the impact of the shutdown on about 800,000 federal workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than half of the employees are required to continue working without pay. The others have been furloughed since Dec. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Guard officials insist most of their operations have continued uninterrupted during the funding lapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service exchange locations are scheduled to remain open for now, as will day care centers on Coast Guard bases but several public affairs and public outreach offices have been shuttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuts to child care subsidies and non-essential travel also loom in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2018\/12\/26\/trump-claims-federal-workers-want-shutdown-for-border-wall\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" 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