[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1937. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 210, strike lines 9 through 12 and insert the 
     following:
       (a) Modification of Percentage Usable.--Section 
     403(b)(3)(B) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``may not exceed one percent.'' and inserting ``may 
     not exceed the following:
       ``(i) In the case of members in pay grades E-5 and above, 
     five percent.
       ``(ii) In the case of members in pay grades E-1 through E-
     4--
       ``(I) one percent; or
       ``(II) if the Secretary determines that one percent would 
     result in a monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for 
     such area for such members that is greater than the monthly 
     amount of basic allowance for housing for such area for 
     members in pay grade E-5, the lesser of--
       ``(aa) five percent; or
       ``(bb) a percent (determined by the Secretary) such that 
     the monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for such 
     area for members in pay grades E-1 through E-4 is equal to 
     the monthly amount of basic allowance for housing for such 
     area for members in pay grade E-5 minus $1''.
       (b) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2016 by section 421 for military personnel is 
     hereby increased by $75,000,000.
       (c) Offset.--The aggregate amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by division A is hereby 
     reduced by $75,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to 
     be achieved through anticipated foreign currency gains in 
     addition to any other anticipated foreign currency gains 
     specified in the funding tables in division D.
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