[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 TRANSMITTING PRINCIPLES FOR MODERNIZING THE MILITARY COMPENSATION AND 
                       RETIREMENT SYSTEMS--PM 18

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 674(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013, Public Law 112-239, January 2, 2013, I hereby 
transmit principles for modernizing the military compensation and 
retirement systems requested by the Act.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, September 12, 2013.

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