S.Amdt. 6410

SA 6410. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 606. COMPLEX OVERHAUL PAY.

(a) Establishment.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations under section 352 of title 37, United States Code, for the payment of special monthly pay (to be known as “complex overhaul pay”) to a member of the Armed Forces assigned to a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul.

(2) Amount of pay.--Complex overhaul pay under paragraph (1) shall equal $200 per month.

(3) Relationship to other pay or allowances.--Complex overhaul pay under paragraph (1) is in addition to any other pay or allowance to which a member is entitled.

(b) Allowable Travel and Transportation Allowances: Complex Overhaul.--Section 452(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (18) as paragraph (21); and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(22) Permanent change of assignment to or from a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul, even if such assignment is within the same area as the current assignment of the member.

“(23) Current assignment to a naval vessel entering or exiting nuclear refueling or defueling and any concurrent complex overhaul.”.