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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 648
To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore military retirement benefits
that were reduced by the Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 9, 1999
Mr. PICKETT (for himself, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. WELDON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. ORTIZ) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed
Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore military
retirement benefits that were reduced by the Military
Retirement Reform Act of 1986.
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 ‘‘Military Retired Pay
Restoration Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REDUCTION IN RETIRED PAY APPLICA-
BLE TO POST-AUGUST 1, 1986, MEMBERS WITH
LESS THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
(a) REPEAL OF REDUCTION.—Section 1409(b) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graph (2).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is
further amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2).
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF REDUCED COST-OF-LIVING ADJUST-
MENT APPLICABLE TO RETIRED PAY OF
POST-AUGUST 1, 1986, MEMBERS.
(a) REPEAL
OF ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1401a of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs
(1) and (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on December 1 of
each year, the Secretary of Defense shall increase
the retired pay of each member and former member
by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of
1 percent) by which—
‘‘(A) the price index for the base quarter
of that year, exceeds
‘‘(B) the base index.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (e).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is
further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as
paragraph (2);
(2) in subsections (c) and (d), by striking ‘‘who
first became a member of a uniformed service before
August 1, 1986,’’; and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) REPEAL OF RESTORAL OF FULL RETIREMENT
AMOUNT AT AGE 62 FOR MEMBERS ENTERING SERVICE
ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1986.—(1) Section 1410 of title
10, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
71 of such title is amended by striking the item relating
to section 1410.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN.—
(1) Section 1447(6)(A) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(determined without regard to any reduction under
section 1409(b)(2) of this title)’’.
(2) Section 1451 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (h)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ADJUST-
MENTS
TO
BASE
AMOUNT’’ and inserting
‘‘PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS
FOR COST-OF-LIV-
ING’’;
(ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
(iii) by striking ‘‘(1) PERIODIC
ADJUST-
MENTS FOR COST-OF-LIVING.—’’; and
(iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively,
and realigning those paragraphs so as to be 2
ems from the left margin; and
(B) by striking subsection (i).
(3) Section 1452 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (4);
and
(B) by striking subsection (i).
(4) Section 1460(d) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or recomputed under section 1452(i) of this title’’,
‘‘or recomputed, as the case may be,’’ and ‘‘or recomputa-
tion’’.
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