America First Act

Bill: 113-hr-4134
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
Introduced: 2014-02-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Foreign aid and international relief

Inflation and prices

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>America First Act - Repeals the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that reduces the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces under age 62. Offsets the cost of such repeal by reducing amounts authorized to be appropriated for foreign aid (including non-military and military assistance) for FY2015-FY2024. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4134 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2014 Mr. Nugent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committees on the Budget and Foreign Affairs , 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 reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment of the retired pay of retired members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 imposed by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the America First Act . 2. Repeal of reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment of the retired pay of retired members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 (a) Repeal Section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 ( Public Law 113–67 ), section 10001 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–76 ), and sections 1 and 2 of Public Law 113–82 are repealed. (b) Offsetting reduction in foreign aid To offset the costs to be incurred by the amendments made by subsection (a), the amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for foreign aid (including non-military and military assistance) for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2024 shall be reduced by $600,000,000.