S.Amdt. 747

SA 747. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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:

Strike section 601 and the following:

SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2018 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC PAY.

(a) Waiver of Section 1009 Adjustment.--The adjustment to
become effective during fiscal year 2018 required by section
1009 of title 37, United States Code, in the rates of monthly
basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services shall
not be made.
(b) Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on January 1, 2018,
the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed
services shall be increased by a percentage that is equal to
or greater than the percentage by which--
(1) the ECI for the final fiscal quarter of fiscal year
2017, exceeds
(2) the ECI for the final fiscal quarter of fiscal year
2016.
(c) Determination of Percentage.--The Secretary of Defense
shall determine the percentage increase in rates of monthly
basic pay provided for by subsection (b) in consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of
Commerce, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(d) ECI Defined.--In this section, the term ``ECI'' has the
meaning givern that term in section 1009(a)(3)(A) of title
37, United States Code.

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