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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1930 

To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts 

for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 15, 2014 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To repeal the annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer 

pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces 

under age 62, 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 ‘‘Uphold Our Promise 

5 to Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY 

2 AND RETAINER PAY AMOUNTS FOR RETIRED 

3 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER 

4 AGE 62. 

5 Section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 

6 is hereby repealed. 

7 SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

8 (a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF

9 EGYPT.— 

10 (1) RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE UNDER SEC11 TION 7008.—In accordance with section 7008 of the 

12 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re13 lated Programs Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 

14 112–74; 125 Stat. 1195), the United States Govern15 ment, including the Department of State, shall re16 frain from providing to the Government of Egypt 

17 the assistance restricted under such section. 

18 (2) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.—In addition to 

19 the restrictions referred to in paragraph (1), the fol20 lowing restrictions shall be in effect with respect to 

21 United States assistance to the Government of 

22 Egypt: 

23 (A) Deliveries of defense articles currently 

24 slated for transfer to Egyptian Ministry of De25 fense (MOD) and Ministry of Interior (MOI) 

26 shall be suspended until the President certifies 


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1 to Congress that democratic national elections 

2 have taken place in Egypt followed by a peace3 ful transfer of power. 

4 (B) Provision of defense services to Egyp5 tian MOD and MOI shall be halted immediately 

6 until the President certifies to Congress that 

7 democratic national elections have taken place 

8 in Egypt followed by a peaceful transfer of 

9 power. 

10 (C) Processing of draft Letters of Offer 

11 and Acceptance (LOAs) for future arms sales 

12 to Egyptian MOD and MOI entities shall be 

13 halted until the President certifies to Congress 

14 that democratic national elections have taken 

15 place in Egypt followed by a peaceful transfer 

16 of power. 

17 (D) All costs associated with the delays in 

18 deliveries and provision of services required 

19 under subparagraphs (A) through (C) shall be 

20 borne by the Government of Egypt. 

21 (b) OTHER LIMITATIONS ON FOREIGN ASSIST22 ANCE.— 

23 (1) PROHIBITION.—No amounts may be obli24 gated or expended to provide any direct United 


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1 States assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to a 

2 Government described under paragraph (2). 

3 (2) COVERED GOVERNMENTS.—The Govern4 ments referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 

5 (A) The Government of Libya. 

6 (B) The Government of Pakistan. 

7 (C) The Government of a host country of 

8 a United States diplomatic facility on the list 

9 submitted to Congress pursuant to paragraph 

10 (3). 

11 (3) DETERMINATION BY SECRETARY.—The 

12 Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a list of 

13 all United States diplomatic facilities attacked, tres14 passed upon, breached, or attempted to be attacked, 

15 trespassed upon, or breached on or after September 

16 1, 2012, not later than 5 days after the date of en17 actment of this Act and not later than 5 days after 

18 any subsequent attack, trespass, breach, or attempt. 

19 (4) CERTIFICATION.—Beginning 90 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

21 may certify to Congress that— 

22 (A) a Government described under para23 graph (2)— 

24 (i) is cooperating or has cooperated 

25 fully with investigations into an attack, 


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1 trespass, breach, or attempted attack, tres2 pass, or breach; 

3 (ii) has arrested or facilitated the ar4 rest of, and if requested has permitted ex5 tradition of, all identifiable persons in such 

6 country associated with organizing, plan7 ning, or participating in the attack, tres8 pass, breach, or attempted attack, tres9 pass, or breach; 

10 (iii) is facilitating or has facilitated 

11 any security improvements at United 

12 States diplomatic facilities, as requested by 

13 the United States Government; and 

14 (iv) is taking or has taken sufficient 

15 steps to strengthen and improve reliability 

16 of local security in order to prevent any fu17 ture attack, trespass, or breach; and 

18 (B) all identifiable persons associated with 

19 organizing, planning, or participating in the at20 tack, trespass, breach, or attempted attack, 

21 trespass, or breach— 

22 (i) have been identified by the Federal 

23 Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of 

24 Diplomatic Security, or other United 

25 States law enforcement entity; and 


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1 (ii) are in United States custody. 

2 (5) REQUEST TO SUSPEND PROHIBITION ON

3 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—Upon submitting a certifi4 cation under paragraph (4) with respect to a Gov5 ernment described under paragraph (2), the Presi6 dent may submit a request to Congress to suspend 

7 the prohibition on foreign assistance to the Govern8 ment. 

9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 

11 respect to funds made available to any Federal depart12 ment or agency beginning with fiscal year 2015. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO SELL LAND. 

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—For each of fiscal years 2014 

15 through 2024 or when the authority under this section is 

16 terminated in accordance with subsection (d), whichever 

17 occurs first, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 

18 of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case 

19 may be, shall offer for competitive sale by auction all right, 

20 title, and interest, to the extent provided in subsection 

21 (b)(2), in and to the following: 

22 (1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed 

23 by the Bureau of Land Management. 

24 (2) Eight percent of the National Forest Sys25 tem land. 


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1 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

2 (1) CONFIGURATION OF LAND.—The Secretary 

3 concerned shall configure the land to be sold to 

4 maximize marketability or achieve management ob5 jectives, and may prescribe such terms and condi6 tions on the land sales authorized by this Act as the 

7 Secretary deems in the public interest. 

8 (2) MINERAL RIGHTS.—For each fiscal year, 

9 the Secretary concerned may include in the sale of 

10 land under subsection (a) the mineral rights to such 

11 land for not more than 50 percent of the total acre12 age sold under subsection (a) by that Secretary, if 

13 the Secretary determines that such inclusion is likely 

14 to maximize marketability. 

15 (c) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—All pro16 ceeds from the sale of land under this section shall be de17 posited into the Treasury and applied— 

18 (1) to reduce the annual Federal budget deficit 

19 for the fiscal year in which the sums are received, 

20 except as provided in paragraph (2); and 

21 (2) if there is no annual Federal budget deficit 

22 for the fiscal year in which the sums are received, 

23 to reduce the outstanding Federal debt. 

24 (d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

25 under this section shall terminate when the proceeds deVerDate Mar 15 2010 07:19 Jan 16, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1930.IS S1930

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1 posited into the Treasury under subsection (c) equal 

2 $3,500,000 or at the end of fiscal year 2024, whichever 

3 occurs first. 

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