[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4944]
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  SA 786. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Peters, and Mr. 
Sullivan) 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:

       At the end of part I of subtitle C of title VI, add the 
     following:

     SEC. __. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF 
                   CONTINUATION PAY TO MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 14, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 423 the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 423a. Appropriations for retirement pay: available for 
       payment of continuation pay

       ``Appropriations available for retirement pay for members 
     of the Coast Guard shall, in addition to the enumerated 
     purpose of such appropriation, also be available for payment 
     of continuation pay under section 356 of title 37.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 423 the following new 
     item:

``423a. Appropriations for retirement pay: available for payment of 
              continuation pay.''.
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