Latest action · Jan 24, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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IntroducedDec 19, 2013
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To the PresidentNot reached
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Summary
Repeals a 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.
Requires a reduction in the unobligated balances of the Department of Defense (DOD) to offset the costs incurred by such repeal.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
All signed on Feb 3, 2014.
Jan 24, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Dec 19, 2013Introduced in House
Dec 19, 2013Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
Research
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Constitutional authority
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 17) which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to exercise authority over all places purchased for the erection of forts, magazines, dock-yards, and other needful buildings.
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8126.
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