[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4696 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4696

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the so-called 
    ``Redux'' retired pay computation formula applicable to persons 
         entering military service on or after August 1, 1986.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1998

  Mr. Murtha introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the so-called 
    ``Redux'' retired pay computation formula applicable to persons 
         entering military service on or after August 1, 1986.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Redux Retired Pay Repeal Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REDUCTION IN RETIRED PAY APPLICABLE TO POST-AUGUST 1, 
              1986, MEMBERS WITH LESS THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

    (a) Repeal of Reduction.--Section 1409(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of such section is amended 
by striking ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)''.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF ``CPI-1'' COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT APPLICABLE TO 
              RETIRED PAY OF POST- AUGUST 1, 1986, MEMBERS.

    (a) Repeal of Adjustment.--Section 1401a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
                    (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1) 
                and (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Effective on December 1 of each year, 
        the Secretary of Defense shall increase the retired pay of each 
        member and former member by the percent (adjusted to the 
        nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) by which--
                    ``(A) the price index for the base quarter of that 
                year, exceeds
                    ``(B) the base index.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (e); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (2); and
            (2) in subsections (c) and (d), by striking ``who first 
        became a member of a uniformed service before August 1, 
        1986,''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Repeal of Recomputation ``Catch Up'' at Age 62.--(1) Section 
1410 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1410.
    (b) Amendments to Survivor Benefit Plan.--Chapter 73 of such title 
is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 1447(6)(A) is amended by striking ``(determined 
        without regard to any reduction under section 1409(b)(2) of 
        this title)''.
            (2) Section 1451 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (h)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Adjustments to Base Amount'' and inserting 
                        ``Periodic Adjustments for Cost-of-Living'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
                            (iii) by striking ``(1) Periodic 
                        adjustments for cost-of-living.--''; and
                            (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
                        (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
                        and realigning those paragraphs so as to be 2 
                        ems from the left margin; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (i).
            (3) Section 1452 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4); 
                and
                    (B) by striking subsection (i).
            (4) Section 1460(d) is amended by striking ``or recomputed 
        under section 1452(i) of this title'', ``or recomputed, as the 
        case may be,'' and ``or recomputation''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2004.
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