S.Amdt. 3288
What it does: Adds SEC. 704. 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. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 704. 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. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 717(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 106-104; 110 Stat. 376; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by striking "military retirees" and inserting "members of the Armed Forces (whether in the regular or reserve components) and their dependents, military retirees and their dependents, dependent children under the age of 21, and dependents of members on active duty with severe disabilities and chronic health care needs".
Inserted: SEC. 704. 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, as do those who have been medically retired due to the hardships of military service; and
Inserted: (2) those sacrifices 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 3288. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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. 704. 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, as do those who have been medically retired due to the hardships of military service; and
(2) those sacrifices 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 30, 2012