[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5221]
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  SA 944. Mr. FLAKE 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 subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ELEMENT IN NEXT QUADRENNIAL REVIEW OF MILITARY 
                   COMPENSATION ON VALUE ASSIGNED BY MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MILITARY 
                   COMPENSATION.

       (a) In General.--The President shall ensure that the first 
     quadrennial review of the principals and concepts of the 
     compensation system for members of the uniformed services 
     under section 1008(b) of title 37, United States Code, after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act includes a review of 
     the comparative value members of the Armed Forces assign to 
     various aspects of military compensation, including immediate 
     and deferred cash compensation and in-kind compensation.
       (b) Surveys.--The review required by subsection (a) shall 
     be based on an analysis of one or more surveys, conducted for 
     purposes of the review, of representative populations of 
     members of the Armed Forces, including regular members of the 
     Armed Forces and members of the reserve components of the 
     Armed Forces.
       (c) Inclusion in Report.--The President shall include the 
     results of the review required by subsection (a) in the first 
     report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1008(b) of 
     title 37, after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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