S.Amdt. 785

SA 785. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Peters, and Mr.
Sullivan) 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:

At the end of part I of subtitle C of title VI, add the
following:

SEC. __. FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTINUATION PAY TO MEMBERS
OF THE COAST GUARD DURING FISCAL YEARS 2018 AND
2019.

There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to the Retired Pay account under the
heading ``Department of Homeland Security-United States Coast
Guard'' for each fiscal year as follows, for purposes of
paying continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United
States Code, to members of the Coast Guard during such fiscal
year, amounts as follows:
(1) For fiscal year 2018, $3,286,277.
(2) For fiscal year 2019, $9,272,945.
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