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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1349 

To provide that the rate of military basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisors 

to the commanders of the combatant commands shall be equivalent 

to the rate of military basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 14, 2017 

Mrs. ERNST (for herself and Ms. WARREN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide that the rate of military basic pay for the Senior 

Enlisted Advisors to the commanders of the combatant 

commands shall be equivalent to the rate of military 

basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Leadership Recogni5 tion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RATE OF MILITARY BASIC PAY FOR THE SENIOR EN2 LISTED ADVISORS TO THE COMMANDERS OF 

3 THE COMBATANT COMMANDS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective for months beginning on 

5 or after January 1, 2017, the rate of monthly basic pay 

6 for the Senior Enlisted Advisors to the commanders of the 

7 combatant commands shall be equivalent to the rate of 

8 monthly basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the 

9 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Effective with re11 spect to months beginning on or after January 1, 2017, 

12 footnote 2 accompanying the enlisted members pay table 

13 in section 601(c) of the John Warner National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 

15 364; 120 Stat. 2245; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘or Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman 

17 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior En18 listed Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

19 Staff, or Senior Enlisted Advisor to the commander of a 

20 combatant command’’. 

21 SEC. 3. REPORT ON INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL SENIOR 

22 ENLISTED MEMBERS AMONG ENLISTED MEM23 BERS ENTITLED TO ELEVATED RATE OF MILI24 TARY BASIC PAY. 

25 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

26 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 


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1 of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth 

2 an assessment of the advisability of including additional 

3 senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces among the 

4 most senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces who 

5 are entitled to an elevated rate of military basic pay by 

6 reason of footnote 2 accompanying the enlisted members 

7 pay table in section 601(c) of the John Warner National 

8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 

9 Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2245; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) and 

10 related guidance (including the material commonly ap11 pearing as footnote 4 accompanying the annual military 

12 pay tables published by the Defense Finance and Account13 ing Service). 

14 (b) MEMBERS OR CATEGORIES OF MEMBERS.—If the 

15 Secretary determines that the inclusion of any additional 

16 enlisted members or categories of enlisted members as de17 scribed in subsection (a) is advisable, the report under 

18 that subsection shall specify such additional members or 

19 categories of members. 

20 SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO 

21 DETERMINE ALTERNATIVE PAY ADJUSTMENT 

22 IN ANNUAL BASIC PAY OF MEMBERS OF THE 

23 UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

24 (a) MODIFICATION.—Section 1009(e) of title 37, 

25 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or serious 

2 economic conditions affecting the general welfare’’; 

3 (2) by striking paragraph (2); and 

4 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para5 graph (2). 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, and— 

9 (1) if the date of the enactment of this Act oc10 curs before September 1 of a year, shall apply with 

11 respect to plans for alternative pay adjustments for 

12 any year beginning after such year; and 

13 (2) if the date of the enactment of this Act oc14 curs after August 31 of a year, shall apply with re15 spect to plans for alternative pay adjustments for 

16 any year beginning after the year following such 

17 year. 

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