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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 13
106TH CONGRESS S REPORT
1st Session SENATE 106-1
THE SOLDIERS', SAILORS', AIRMEN'S AND MARINES' BILL
OF RIGHTS ACT OF 1999
FEBRUARY 2, 1999.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WARNER, from the Committee on Armed Services,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany S. 4]
The Committee on Armed Services, to which was referred the bill
(S. 4) having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
S. 4 would authorize a 4.8 percent military pay raise, effective
January 1, 2000, reform the military pay tables, revise the military
retirement system, authorize active duty military personnel to par-
ticipate in the Thrift Savings Plan, revise benefits under the Mont-
gomery G.I. Bill, authorize a special subsistence allowance for jun-
ior enlisted military personnel who demonstrate eligibility for food
stamps, and require an annual report on the impact of these pro-
grams on recruiting and retention.
COMMITTEE OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Committee on Armed Services held a series of two hearings
in which the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified to the state of military
readiness and recommended several legislative proposals that, ac-
cording to their testimony, would provide remedies for the causa-
tive factors the services identified as the reasons military personnel
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