S.Amdt. 1750

SA 1750. Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 435, between line 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 1083. SENSE OF THE SENATE RELATING TO PAY FOR EMPLOYEES SERVING AT JOINT BASE MCGUIRE/DIX/LAKEHURST.

It is the sense of Senate that for the purposes of determining any pay for an employee serving at Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst--

(1) the pay schedules and rates to be used shall be the same as if such employee were serving in the pay locality, wage area, or other area of locality (whichever would apply to determine pay for the employees involved) that includes Ocean County, New Jersey; and

(2) the Office of Personnel Management should develop regulations to ensure pay parity for employees serving at Joint Bases.