S.Amdt. 1823

SA 1823. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 222, strike line 17 and all that follows through
page 223, line 18, and insert the following:
``(3) Automatic and matching contributions.--
``(A) Automatic contributions.--The Secretary concerned
shall make a contribution described in section 8432(c)(1)
under this subsection for the benefit of a member described
in paragraph (1) for the first pay period beginning on or
after the date on which the member becomes a member described
in paragraph (1) (without regard to whether the member has
elected to make contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund
during such pay period) and each pay period thereafter during
which the member serves as a member of the uniformed
services.
``(B) Matching contributions.--The Secretary concerned
shall make a contribution described in section 8432(c)(2)
under this subsection for the benefit of a member described
in paragraph (1) for any pay period--
``(i) that begins on or after the date on which the member
becomes a member described in paragraph (1); and
``(ii) during which the member described in paragraph (1)
makes a contribution to the Thrift Savings Fund.
On page 228, line 21, strike ``for'' and all that follows
through ``service'' on line 24.
On page 231, line 25, strike ``for'' and all that follows
through ``service'' on page 232, line 3.
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