[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1823. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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:

       On page 222, strike line 17 and all that follows through 
     page 223, line 18, and insert the following:
       ``(3) Automatic and matching contributions.--
       ``(A) Automatic contributions.--The Secretary concerned 
     shall make a contribution described in section 8432(c)(1) 
     under this subsection for the benefit of a member described 
     in paragraph (1) for the first pay period beginning on or 
     after the date on which the member becomes a member described 
     in paragraph (1) (without regard to whether the member has 
     elected to make contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund 
     during such pay period) and each pay period thereafter during 
     which the member serves as a member of the uniformed 
     services.
       ``(B) Matching contributions.--The Secretary concerned 
     shall make a contribution described in section 8432(c)(2) 
     under this subsection for the benefit of a member described 
     in paragraph (1) for any pay period--
       ``(i) that begins on or after the date on which the member 
     becomes a member described in paragraph (1); and
       ``(ii) during which the member described in paragraph (1) 
     makes a contribution to the Thrift Savings Fund.
       On page 228, line 21, strike ``for'' and all that follows 
     through ``service'' on line 24.
       On page 231, line 25, strike ``for'' and all that follows 
     through ``service'' on page 232, line 3.
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