[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1905. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker, 
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Hirono) 
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:

       At the end of part II of subtitle H of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 593. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF 
                   EFFORTS TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF PERSONNEL COSTS 
                   ON JUNIOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

       Congress--
       (1) remains concerned about the cumulative impact of 
     Department of Defense efforts to slow the growth of personnel 
     costs on junior enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces and 
     their families; and
       (2) encourages the Department to specifically consider 
     these impacts when developing legislative proposals for 
     consideration by Congress.
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