S.Amdt. 5963

SA 5963. Mr. FETTERMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PARITY IN ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR FEDERAL
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

Section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(h) Parity With Military Pay Adjustments.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the percentage adjustment in the rates of basic pay
under the General Schedule under this section for any
calendar year shall be equal to the percentage increase in
basic pay provided for members of the uniformed services that
takes effect for that same calendar year.
``(2) Applicability.--The adjustment described in paragraph
(1) shall apply to--
``(A) rates of basic pay under the General Schedule under
section 5332; and
``(B) any other statutory pay system for civilian employees
that receives the annual adjustment under this section.
``(3) Prohibition on alternative pay plan.--The President
may not issue any alternative pay adjustment under subsection
(b) that results in a percentage adjustment lower than the
percentage increase in basic pay provided for members of the
uniformed services.''.
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