S.Amdt. 786

SA 786. 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. __. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF
CONTINUATION PAY TO MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD.

(a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 423 the following
new section:

``Sec. 423a. Appropriations for retirement pay: available for
payment of continuation pay

``Appropriations available for retirement pay for members
of the Coast Guard shall, in addition to the enumerated
purpose of such appropriation, also be available for payment
of continuation pay under section 356 of title 37.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 423 the following new
item:

``423a. Appropriations for retirement pay: available for payment of
continuation pay.''.
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