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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3807 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 23, 2013 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 

to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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6 is hereby repealed. 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. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT AND PAKI8 STAN. 

9 (a) EGYPT.—Assistance may not be provided to the 

10 Government of Egypt under any provision of law. 

11 (b) PAKISTAN.—Economic and security assistance 

12 may not be provided to the Government of Pakistan under 

13 any provision of law. 

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

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

16 respect to funds made available to any Federal depart17 ment or agency beginning with fiscal year 2015. 

18 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO SELL LAND. 

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

20 through 2024 or when the authority under this section is 

21 terminated in accordance with subsection (d), whichever 

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

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

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

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

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


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1 (1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed 

2 by the Bureau of Land Management. 

3 (2) Eight percent of the National Forest Sys4 tem land. 

5 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

6 (1) CONFIGURATION OF LAND.—The Secretary 

7 concerned shall configure the land to be sold to 

8 maximize marketability or achieve management ob9 jectives, and may prescribe such terms and condi10 tions on the land sales authorized by this Act as the 

11 Secretary deems in the public interest. 

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

13 the Secretary concerned may include in the sale of 

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

15 land for not more than 50 percent of the total acre16 age sold under subsection (a) by that Secretary, if 

17 the Secretary determines that such inclusion is likely 

18 to maximize marketability. 

19 (c) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—All pro20 ceeds from the sale of land under this section shall be de21 posited into the Treasury and applied— 

22 (1) to reduce the annual Federal budget deficit 

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

24 except as provided in paragraph (2); and 


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

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

3 to reduce the outstanding Federal debt. 

4 (d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

5 under this section shall terminate when the proceeds de6 posited into the Treasury under subsection (c) equal 

7 $3,500,000 or at the end of fiscal year 2024, whichever 

8 occurs first. 

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