S.Amdt. 2045

SA 2045. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Graham) 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:

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At the end of subtitle G of title X, add following:

SEC. 1085. INCREASE IN SPECIAL PENSION FOR MEDAL OF HONOR
RECIPIENTS.

(a) In General.--Section 1562(a) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``$1,000'' and inserting
``$3,000''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) Delay of annual cost of living adjustment.--The
Secretary shall not make an increase pursuant to subsection
(e) of section 1562 of such title effective December 1, 2015,
if the amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect before
such date.
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