S.Amdt. 4505

SA 4505. Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Hatch,
and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017
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 E of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 663. REPORT ON MODIFICATION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR
SUBSISTENCE IN LIGHT OF AUTHORITY FOR VARIABLE
PRICING OF GOODS AT COMMISSARY STORES.

Not later than March 31, 2017, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the
feasibility and advisability of modifying the amounts payable
for basic allowance for subsistence (BAS) for members of the
Armed Forces in light of potential changes in prices of goods
and services at commissary stores pursuant to the authority
granted by the amendments made by section 661. The report
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the potential for increases in prices
of goods and services at commissary stores by reason of such
authority, set forth by locality.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of
modifications in the amounts payable for basic allowance for
subsistence in light of such potential increases in prices,
including paying basic allowance for subsistence at different
rates in different locations.
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