1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armed Services Always Paid Act or the ASAP Act . 2. Continuance of military pay and allowances during periods of lapsed appropriations (a) Continuance of pay Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1016. Continuance of pay and allowances during periods of lapsed appropriations (a) Definitions In this section: (1) The term military personnel accounts mean the military personnel, reserve personnel, and National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title I of an annual Department of Defense appropriations Act, and the corresponding accounts for the Department of Homeland Security used to provide pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard. (2) The term pay and allowances means basic pay, bonuses and special pay, allowances and any other forms of compensation available for members of the armed forces under this title or otherwise paid from the military personnel accounts. (3) The term period of lapsed appropriations , when used with respect to members of the armed forces, means any period during which appropriations are not available due to the absence of the timely enactment of any Act or joint resolution (including any Act or joint resolution making continuing appropriations) appropriating funds for the payment of the pay and allowances of members of the armed forces. (b) Appropriation of funds To continue payment of pay and allowances For any period of lapsed appropriations, there are appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) to allow the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to members of the United States armed forces. (c) Limitation on amounts paid This section only authorizes the expenditure of funds during a period of