S.Amdt. 1980

SA 1980. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Isakson) 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 subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 608. REPORT ON SUFFICIENCY OF MILITARY BASIC PAY TO
COMPENSATE MILITARY PERSONNEL.

Not later than January 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth an assessment of the extent to which rates of
military basic pay are sufficient to compensate military
personnel. The assessment shall include the following:
(1) An analysis of the extent to which rates of military
basic pay are sufficient to compensate members of the Armed
Forces when compared with pay available for their civilian
counterparts.
(2) A description and assessment of modifications to the
structure of military basic pay in order to adequately
compensate members of the Armed Forces for their skill sets
and educational competencies rather than the current system
of rates of military basic pay based primarily on grade and
time in grade.
(3) An assessment of replacing the current payment of basic
allowance for housing (BAH) with payment of an increased
amount of military basic pay adjusted to account for
differences in costs among localities.
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