[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4035]
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  SA 1980. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Isakson) 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 subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 608. REPORT ON SUFFICIENCY OF MILITARY BASIC PAY TO 
                   COMPENSATE MILITARY PERSONNEL.

       Not later than January 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     setting forth an assessment of the extent to which rates of 
     military basic pay are sufficient to compensate military 
     personnel. The assessment shall include the following:
       (1) An analysis of the extent to which rates of military 
     basic pay are sufficient to compensate members of the Armed 
     Forces when compared with pay available for their civilian 
     counterparts.
       (2) A description and assessment of modifications to the 
     structure of military basic pay in order to adequately 
     compensate members of the Armed Forces for their skill sets 
     and educational competencies rather than the current system 
     of rates of military basic pay based primarily on grade and 
     time in grade.
       (3) An assessment of replacing the current payment of basic 
     allowance for housing (BAH) with payment of an increased 
     amount of military basic pay adjusted to account for 
     differences in costs among localities.
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