S.Amdt. 1905

SA 1905. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker,
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Hirono)
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:

At the end of part II of subtitle H of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 593. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF
EFFORTS TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF PERSONNEL COSTS
ON JUNIOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Congress--
(1) remains concerned about the cumulative impact of
Department of Defense efforts to slow the growth of personnel
costs on junior enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces and
their families; and
(2) encourages the Department to specifically consider
these impacts when developing legislative proposals for
consideration by Congress.
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