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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 Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uphold Our Promise 
to Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY 
AND RETAINER PAY AMOUNTS FOR RETIRED 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER 
AGE 62. 
Section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT AND PAKI-
STAN. 
(a) EGYPT.—Assistance may not be provided to the 
Government of Egypt under any provision of law. 
(b) PAKISTAN.—Economic and security assistance 
may not be provided to the Government of Pakistan under 
any provision of law. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to funds made available to any Federal depart-
ment or agency beginning with fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION TO SELL LAND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—For each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2024 or when the authority under this section is 
terminated in accordance with subsection (d), whichever 
occurs first, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case 
may be, shall offer for competitive sale by auction all right, 
title, and interest, to the extent provided in subsection 
(b)(2), in and to the following: 
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(1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed 
by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) Eight percent of the National Forest Sys-
tem land. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) CONFIGURATION OF LAND.—The Secretary 
concerned shall configure the land to be sold to 
maximize marketability or achieve management ob-
jectives, and may prescribe such terms and condi-
tions on the land sales authorized by this Act as the 
Secretary deems in the public interest. 
(2) MINERAL RIGHTS.—For each fiscal year, 
the Secretary concerned may include in the sale of 
land under subsection (a) the mineral rights to such 
land for not more than 50 percent of the total acre-
age sold under subsection (a) by that Secretary, if 
the Secretary determines that such inclusion is likely 
to maximize marketability. 
(c) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—All pro-
ceeds from the sale of land under this section shall be de-
posited into the Treasury and applied— 
(1) to reduce the annual Federal budget deficit 
for the fiscal year in which the sums are received, 
except as provided in paragraph (2); and 
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(2) if there is no annual Federal budget deficit 
for the fiscal year in which the sums are received, 
to reduce the outstanding Federal debt. 
(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
under this section shall terminate when the proceeds de-
posited into the Treasury under subsection (c) equal 
$3,500,000 or at the end of fiscal year 2024, whichever 
occurs first. 
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