S.Amdt. 1935

SA 1935. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Rubio) 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 209, line 19, strike ``1.3 percent'' and insert
``2.3 percent''.
On page 210, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
(d) Funding.--
(1) Increase in amount for military personnel.--The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by section
421 is hereby increased by the amount necessary to provide an
increase in military basic pay under subsection (b) by 2.3
percent rather than 1.3 percent, with the amount to be
available for military personnel to provide such increase.
(2) Offset.--The aggregate amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by this division, other
than the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 421,
is hereby reduced by the amount necessary to provide an
increase in military basic pay under subsection (b) by 2.3
percent rather than 1.3 percent, with the amount of the
reduction to be achieved by terminating funding for projects
determined to be low-priority projects by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
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