Coast Guard says final paychecks of year will come despite shutdown

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Coast Guard says final paychecks of year will come despite shutdown
By Rebecca Kheel - 12/28/18 05:57 PM EST
 

Members of the Coast Guard will get their final paycheck of the year on Monday despite the partial government shutdown, the service announced on Friday night after previously saying that the paychecks would be delayed.

"The administration, the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], and the Coast Guard have identified a way to pay our military workforce on Dec. 31, 2018," the service said in an update on its website on Friday night. "This one-time action applies to military members that served on active duty in the month of December and those reserve military members that drilled prior to the lapse in appropriation."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/423157-shutdown-delaying-coast-guards-final-paycheck-of-year

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Trump personally intervened to pay Coast Guard in shutdown
Washington Examiner, Dec 29, 2018, Paul Bedard

Concerned about U.S. Coast Guard forces losing a paycheck in the partial government shutdown, President Trump personally urged his team to find a solution that would allow the administration to make this week’s $75 million payroll, according to officials.

Trump stepped in on Wednesday, calling on top lawyers and staffers to determine if the Coast Guard could make payroll despite being included in the shutdown that has impacted about 25 percent of the government, including the Department of Homeland Security, which houses the Coast Guard.

Military personnel under the Department of Defense are not included in the shutdown, because their appropriations were approved earlier in Congress.

At his urging, the Office of Management and Budget, DHS and the Coast Guard determined that the rules governing pay to Coast Guard forces requires it be made through the end of the year. To make it, the lawyers said that unused funding could be tapped for pay. The service had a bit more than the needed $75 million left over from its past continuing resolution appropriation, enough to make this month’s last payroll check.

More:  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-personally-intervened-to-pay-coast-guard-in-shutdown