[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 93 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2007. Mr. GRAHAM 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION 
                   COMMISSION.

       (a) Extension of Commission.--Section 679 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
     112-239; 126 Stat. 1795), as amended by section 1095(b)(6) of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
     (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 880), is further amended by 
     striking ``not later than 35 months after the Commission 
     establishment date'' and inserting ``on October 1, 2016''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 680 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 Stat. 1795), as 
     amended by section 1095(b)(7) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (127 Stat. 880), is 
     further amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``(a) In General.--
     '' before ``Of the amounts'';
       (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``under this 
     section'' and inserting ``under this subsection''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) Additional Funding.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of 
     Defense by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2016, $1,800,000 shall be made available to the 
     Commission to carry out its duties under this subtitle. Funds 
     made available to the Commission under the preceding sentence 
     shall remain available until expended.''.
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