S.Amdt. 1123
What it does: Adds SEC. 705. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR RETIRED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES at the end of subtitle A of title VII
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 705. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR RETIRED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES at the end of subtitle A of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Frequency of Submittal of GAO Reviews.--Subsection (b)(2) of such section is amended by striking "bi-annual basis" and inserting "biennial basis".
Inserted: SEC. 705. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR RETIRED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.
Inserted: It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) career members of the uniformed services and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-year to 30-year career in protecting freedom for all Americans; and
Inserted: (2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a significant pre-paid premium for health care during retirement that is over and above what such members pay in money as a premium for such health care.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1123. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 705. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR RETIRED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) career members of the uniformed services and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of a 20-year to 30-year career in protecting freedom for all Americans; and
(2) those decades of sacrifice constitute a significant pre-paid premium for health care during retirement that is over and above what such members pay in money as a premium for such health care.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 17, 2011