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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2294 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2294

 To require a survey of the preferences of members of the Armed Forces 
                  regarding military pay and benefits.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2014

 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require a survey of the preferences of members of the Armed Forces 
                  regarding military pay and benefits.

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

SECTION 1. SURVEY OF PREFERENCES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
              REGARDING MILITARY PAY AND BENEFITS.

    (a) Survey Required.--The Military Compensation and Retirement 
Modernization Commission shall carry out an anonymous survey of random 
members of the Armed Forces regarding their preferences in military pay 
and benefits.
    (b) Elements.--The survey under this section shall be conducted for 
the purpose of soliciting information on the following:
            (1) The value that members of the Armed Forces place on the 
        following forms of compensation relative to one another:
                    (A) Basic pay.
                    (B) Allowances for housing and subsistence.
                    (C) Bonuses and special pays.
                    (D) Dependent healthcare benefits.
                    (E) Healthcare benefits for retirees under 65 years 
                old.
                    (F) Healthcare benefits for Medicare-eligible 
                retirees.
                    (G) Retirement pay.
            (2) How the members value different levels of pay or 
        benefits, including the impact of co-payments or deductibles on 
        the value of benefits.
            (3) Any other matters related to military pay and benefits 
        that the Commission considers appropriate.
            (4) How information collected pursuant to paragraph (1), 
        (2), or (3) varies by age, grade, dependent status, and other 
        factors the Commission considers appropriate.
    (c) Submittal of Results.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the completion of the survey required 
        by this section, the Commission shall submit a report on the 
        analysis and raw data of the survey to the Secretary of Defense 
        and to Congress.
            (2) Availability to public.--At the same time the 
        Commission submits the report required by paragraph (1), the 
        Commission shall make the report available to the public.
    (d) Use of Results by Commission.--Section 671(b)(1) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112-239; 126 Stat. 1787) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph (C):
                    ``(C) examining the analysis and raw data collected 
                pursuant to the survey of the preference of members of 
                the Armed Forces regarding military pay and benefits 
                required by the Act to require a survey of the 
                preferences of members of the Armed Forces regarding 
                military pay and benefits; and''.
    (e) Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission 
Defined.--In this section, the term ``Military Compensation and 
Retirement Modernization Commission'' means the Military Compensation 
and Retirement Modernization Commission under subtitle H of title VI of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
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