Uphold Our Promise to Veterans Act

Uphold Our Promise to Veterans 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.

Prohibits assistance to the Government of Egypt and economic and security assistance to the Government of Pakistan effective on the date of enactment of this Act with respect to funds made available beginning with FY2015.

Requires: (1) 8% of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 8% of the National Forest System land to be offered for competitive sale by auction, and (2) proceeds from the sale of such lands to be used to reduce the annual federal budget deficit or the outstanding federal debt.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3807 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.


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                    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 
Agriculture, 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

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

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repealed.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 PAKISTAN.

    (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 department 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:
            (1) Eight percent of the Federal land managed by the Bureau 
        of Land Management.
            (2) Eight percent of the National Forest System 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 objectives, and may prescribe such terms and 
        conditions 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 acreage 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 proceeds from the sale of 
land under this section shall be deposited 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
            (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 deposited 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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