[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 298 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 298

 To provide a further increase in the rates of military basic pay for 
 members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2001

 Mr. Rehberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a further increase in the rates of military basic pay for 
 members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Armed Services Appreciation Pay 
Raise Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR 2001 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC PAY.

    (a) Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on the first day of the first 
month beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services shall 
be increased by 3.5 percent. This increase in the rates of monthly 
basic pay is in addition to the pay increase that was made on January 
1, 2001, pursuant to section 601(b) of the Floyd D. Spence National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by Public 
Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-144).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 602 of the Floyd D. Spence 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by 
Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-144) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation 
shall adjust the amounts specified in the table in paragraph (1) to 
reflect the additional increase in the rates of monthly basic pay for 
members of the Armed Services made by section 2(a) of the Fiscal Year 
2001 Military Pay Raise Act.''; and
            (B) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by adding before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, and further adjusted pursuant to 
        section 2(a) of the Fiscal Year 2001 Military Pay Raise Act''.
    (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect only if 
this Act is enacted on or before July 1, 2001.
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