[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 1935. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Rubio) 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 209, line 19, strike ``1.3 percent'' and insert 
     ``2.3 percent''.
       On page 210, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       (d) Funding.--
       (1) Increase in amount for military personnel.--The amount 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by section 
     421 is hereby increased by the amount necessary to provide an 
     increase in military basic pay under subsection (b) by 2.3 
     percent rather than 1.3 percent, with the amount to be 
     available for military personnel to provide such increase.
       (2) Offset.--The aggregate amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by this division, other 
     than the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 421, 
     is hereby reduced by the amount necessary to provide an 
     increase in military basic pay under subsection (b) by 2.3 
     percent rather than 1.3 percent, with the amount of the 
     reduction to be achieved by terminating funding for projects 
     determined to be low-priority projects by the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff.
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