[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5230-S5231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3446. Mr. SHEEHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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. 605. STANDARDIZATION OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY INCREASE 
                   FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS CREDITED WITH 
                   EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM.

       (a) Army Personnel.--Section 7361(a)(2) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``or 7317'' after ``section 7314''; and
       (2) by striking ``(but to'' and all that follows through 
     ``this title))''.
       (b) Air Force Personnel.--Section 9361(a)(2) of such title 
     is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``or 9317'' after ``section 9314''; and
       (2) by striking ``(but to'' and all that follows through 
     ``this title))''.
       (c) Navy and Marine Corps Personnel.--Section 8326 of such 
     title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d)(1) If the member has been credited by the Secretary 
     of the Navy with extraordinary heroism in the line duty, the 
     member's retired pay shall be increased by 10 percent.
       ``(2) The Secretary's determination as to extraordinary 
     heroism is conclusive for all purposes.''.
       (d) Reserve Component Personnel.--Section 12739 of such 
     title is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``of the amount 
     determined under subsection (a)''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``in the case of a 
     person who retires before January 1, 2021,'' after ``Except 
     as provided in paragraph (2),''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``but before December 
     27, 2021,'' after ``December 31, 2006,''.

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       (e) Computation of Retired Pay.--
       (1) Members who joined before september 8, 1980.--Section 
     1402(f) of such title is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or 9314'' and inserting 
     ``, 7317, 9314, or 9317'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (2) Members who joined after september 7, 1980.--Section 
     1402a(f) of such title is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or 9314'' and inserting 
     ``, 7317, 9314, or 9317'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (f) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to any member who retires on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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