Military Retired Pay Restoration Act of 1999

Military Retired Pay Restoration Act of 1999 - Amends Federal armed forces provisions to repeal: (1) a reduction in retirement pay applicable to individuals who first became members after July 31, 1986, had less than 30 years of military service, and were under 62 years of age at the time of retirement; (2) a reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment in the retired pay of such individuals; and (3) a provision restoring the full retirement amount for such individuals upon reaching 62 years of age.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 648 Introduced in House (IH)]







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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 1999

  Mr. Pickett (for himself, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Weldon of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Ortiz) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 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 Representatives 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 APPLICABLE 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 paragraph (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 paragraph (2).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF REDUCED COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT 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 striking ``(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 ``Adjustments to 
                Base Amount'' and inserting ``Periodic Adjustments for 
                Cost-of-Living'';
                    (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
                    (iii) by striking ``(1) Periodic adjustments 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 striking ``or 
recomputed under section 1452(i) of this title'', ``or recomputed, as 
the case may be,'' and ``or recomputation''.
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