S.Amdt. 1937

SA 1937. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 210, strike lines 9 through 12 and insert the
following:
(a) Modification of Percentage Usable.--Section
403(b)(3)(B) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``may not exceed one percent.'' and inserting ``may
not exceed the following:
``(i) In the case of members in pay grades E-5 and above,
five percent.
``(ii) In the case of members in pay grades E-1 through E-
4--
``(I) one percent; or
``(II) if the Secretary determines that one percent would
result in a monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for
such area for such members that is greater than the monthly
amount of basic allowance for housing for such area for
members in pay grade E-5, the lesser of--
``(aa) five percent; or
``(bb) a percent (determined by the Secretary) such that
the monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for such
area for members in pay grades E-1 through E-4 is equal to
the monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for such
area for members in pay grade E-5 minus $1''.
(b) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2016 by section 421 for military personnel is
hereby increased by $75,000,000.
(c) Offset.--The aggregate amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by division A is hereby
reduced by $75,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to
be achieved through anticipated foreign currency gains in
addition to any other anticipated foreign currency gains
specified in the funding tables in division D.
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