Sec. 256. Pay and allowances for certain members of the Coast Guard during funding gap
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During a funding gap, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines to be necessary to continue to provide, without interruption, during the funding gap such sums as are necessary for— pay and allowances to members of the Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who perform active service; the payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475 through 1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; the payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United States Code, with respect to members of the Coast Guard; and the temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code.
In this section, the term funding gap means any period after the beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Coast Guard have not been enacted.