# 119-s-802: Pay Our Coast Guard Act

119-s-802, Pay Our Coast Guard Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-802
- Congress: 119
- Title: Pay Our Coast Guard Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a temporary authority that **keeps Coast Guard pay and benefits flowing during a targeted funding lapse**. It ties that authority to the timing of Department of Defense appropriations and ends when Coast Guard funding is enacted or DoD funding availability ends.** - Military members: Active-duty and reserve Coast Guard personnel performing active service or inactive-duty training would continue to receive pay and allowances during a Coast Guard-specific lapse. - Civilian and contract workers: The Commandant could designate certain Coast Guard civilian employees and contract staff as qualified to receive pay and benefits during the lapse. - Families and death-related costs: The bill covers death gratuities, funeral and dignified-transfer travel, unit memorial travel, and temporary continuation of housing allowance for dependents of members who die on active duty. - How it works administratively: Payments follow the same rates and manner as the regular appropriation, are charged to the eventual appropriation when enacted, and may be used without normal apportionment timing rules.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep Coast Guard pay during lapse: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would let the government appropriate such sums as may be necessary to keep Coast Guard pay flowing during a Coast Guard funding lapse. It would continue pay and allowances for active-duty members and reservists who perform service or training during the lapse. The Commandant wo…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.

## Sources
- [119-s-802 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/802)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296)
- [119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-802 (as of 2025-12-21).