[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 131 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4776-S4777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 747. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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:

       Strike section 601 and the following:

     SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2018 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC PAY.

       (a) Waiver of Section 1009 Adjustment.--The adjustment to 
     become effective during fiscal year 2018 required by section 
     1009 of title 37, United States Code, in the rates of monthly 
     basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services shall 
     not be made.
       (b) Increase in Basic Pay.--Effective on January 1, 2018, 
     the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed 
     services shall be increased by a percentage that is equal to 
     or greater than the percentage by which--
       (1) the ECI for the final fiscal quarter of fiscal year 
     2017, exceeds
       (2) the ECI for the final fiscal quarter of fiscal year 
     2016.
       (c) Determination of Percentage.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall determine the percentage increase in rates of monthly 
     basic pay provided for by subsection (b) in consultation with 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
       (d) ECI Defined.--In this section, the term ``ECI'' has the 
     meaning givern that term in section 1009(a)(3)(A) of title 
     37, United States Code.

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