S.Amdt. 4443

SA 4443. Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 193, strike line 4 and all that follows through page 198 and insert the following: by 2.7 percent

(c) Targeted Increase in Basic Pay Rates.--Effective on April 1, 2007, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade are as follows:

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS \1\

Years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code

------------------------------------------------------------------------Pay Grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6

------------------------------------------------------------------------

O-10 \2\......... $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

O-9.............. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

O-8.............. 8,494.20 8,772.60 8,957.10 9,008.70 9,239.10

O-7.............. 7,058.40 7,386.00 7,538.10 7,658.40 7,876.80

O-6.............. 5,231.40 5,747.40 6,124.50 6,124.50 6,147.60

O-5.............. 4,361.10 4,912.80 5,253.00 5,316.90 5,529.00

O-4.............. 3,762.90 4,356.00 4,646.40 4,711.50 4,981.20

O-3 \3\.......... 3,308.40 3,750.60 4,048.20 4,413.60 4,624.50

O-2 \3\.......... 2,858.10 3,255.60 3,749.70 3,876.30 3,956.10

O-1 \3\.......... 2,481.30 2,582.40 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 ------------------------------------------------------Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Over 16 ------------------------------------------------------

O-10 \2\......... $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

O-9.............. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

O-8.............. 9,624.00 9,713.40 10,079.10 10,183.80 10,498.80

O-7.............. 8,092.20 8,341.80 8,590.80 8,840.40 9,624.00

O-6.............. 6,411.30 6,446.10 6,446.10 6,812.40 7,460.10

O-5.............. 5,656.20 5,935.20 6,140.10 6,404.40 6,809.70

O-4.............. 5,270.40 5,630.10 5,911.20 6,105.90 6,217.80

O-3 \3\.......... 4,856.70 5,007.00 5,253.90 5,382.30 5,382.30

O-2 \3\.......... 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10

O-1 \3\.......... 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 ------------------------------------------------------Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 24 Over 26 ------------------------------------------------------

O-10 \2\......... $0.00 $13,725.9 $13,793.1 $14,079.9 $14,579.7 0 0 0 0

O-9.............. 0.00 12,005.10 12,177.60 12,427.80 12,863.70

O-8.............. 10,954.20 11,374.50 11,655.00 11,655.00 11,655.00

O-7.............. 10,286.10 10,286.10 10,286.10 10,286.10 10,338.30

O-6.............. 7,840.20 8,220.00 8,436.30 8,655.00 9,080.10

O-5.............. 7,002.30 7,192.80 7,409.10 7,409.10 7,409.10

O-4.............. 6,282.90 6,282.90 6,282.90 6,282.90 6,282.90

O-3 \3\.......... 5,382.30 5,382.30 5,382.30 5,382.30 5,382.30

O-2 \3\.......... 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10 3,956.10

O-1 \3\.......... 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80 3,121.80

------------------------------------------------------------------------

\1\ Notwithstanding the pay rates specified in this table, the actual