[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8187-S8188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TEXT OF AMENDMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

  SA 5265. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2009 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 D of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 642. MODIFICATION OF OFFSET AGAINST COMBAT-RELATED 
                   SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY 
                   RETIREES.

       Section 1413a(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``shall be reduced'' 
     and all that follows through ``exceeds'' and inserting ``may 
     not, when combined with the amount of retirement pay payable 
     to the retiree after any reduction under sections 5304 and 
     5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combination to 
     exceed''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``shall be reduced'' 
     and all that follows through ``exceeds'' and inserting ``may 
     not, when combined with the amount of retirement pay payable 
     to the retiree after any reduction under sections 5304 and 
     5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combination to 
     exceed''.
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  SA 5266. Mr. REID (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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. __. ACCELERATION OF PHASED-IN ELIGIBILITY FOR CONCURRENT 
                   RECEIPT OF BENEFITS.

       Section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``December 31, 2013'' 
     and inserting ``September 30, 2008''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2008'';
       (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ``For a month 
     during 2008'' the following: ``ending on or before September 
     30'';
       (C) by striking paragraphs (6) through (10); and
       (D) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (6).
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  SA 5267. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2009 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. __. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON 
                   RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF AIR 
                   AMERICA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall

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     submit to Congress a report on the advisability of providing 
     Federal retirement benefits to United States citizens for the 
     service of such individuals before 1977 as employees of Air 
     America or an associated company while such company was owned 
     or controlled by the United States Government and operated or 
     managed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
       (b) Report Elements.--
       (1) In General.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) The history of Air America and associated companies 
     before 1977, including a description of--
       (i) the relationship between such companies and the Central 
     Intelligence Agency and other elements of the United States 
     Government;
       (ii) the workforce of such companies;
       (iii) the missions performed by such companies and their 
     employees for the United States; and
       (iv) the casualties suffered by employees of such companies 
     in the course of their employment with such companies.
       (B) A description of the retirement benefits contracted for 
     or promised to the employees of such companies before 1977, 
     the contributions made by such employees for such benefits, 
     the retirement benefits actually paid such employees, the 
     entitlement of such employees to the payment of future 
     retirement benefits, and the likelihood that former employees 
     of such companies will receive any future retirement 
     benefits.
       (C) An assessment of the difference between--
       (i) the retirement benefits that former employees of such 
     companies have received or will receive by virtue of their 
     employment with such companies; and
       (ii) the retirement benefits that such employees would have 
     received and in the future receive if such employees had 
     been, or would now be, treated as employees of the United 
     States whose services while in the employ of such companies 
     had been or would now be credited as Federal service for the 
     purpose of Federal retirement benefits.
       (D) Any recommendations regarding the advisability of 
     legislative action to treat employment at such companies as 
     Federal service for the purpose of Federal retirement 
     benefits in light of the relationship between such companies 
     and the United States Government and the services and 
     sacrifices of such employees to and for the United States, 
     and if legislative action is considered advisable, a proposal 
     for such action and an assessment of its costs.
       (2) Other Content.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall include in the report any views of the Director of the 
     Central Intelligence Agency on the matters covered by the 
     report that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 
     considers appropriate.
       (c) Assistance of Comptroller General.--The Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall, upon the request of the 
     Director of National Intelligence and in a manner consistent 
     with the protection of classified information, assist the 
     Director in the preparation of the report required by 
     subsection (a).
       (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Air america.--The term ``Air America'' means Air 
     America, Incorporated.
       (2) Associated company.--The term ``associated company'' 
     means any company associated with or subsidiary to Air 
     America, including Air Asia Company Limited and the Pacific 
     Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated.

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