[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13] [Senate] [Page 17998] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]TEXT OF AMENDMENTS SA 5265. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following: SEC. 642. MODIFICATION OF OFFSET AGAINST COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR CHAPTER 61 DISABILITY RETIREES. Section 1413a(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``shall be reduced'' and all that follows through ``exceeds'' and inserting ``may not, when combined with the amount of retirement pay payable to the retiree after any reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combination to exceed''; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``shall be reduced'' and all that follows through ``exceeds'' and inserting ``may not, when combined with the amount of retirement pay payable to the retiree after any reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, cause the total of such combination to exceed''. ______ SA 5266. Mr. REID (for himself and Ms. Snowe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. ACCELERATION OF PHASED-IN ELIGIBILITY FOR CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF BENEFITS. Section 1414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``September 30, 2008''; and (2) in subsection (c)-- (A) by striking ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``September 30, 2008''; (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ``For a month during 2008'' the following: ``ending on or before September 30''; (C) by striking paragraphs (6) through (10); and (D) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (6). ______ SA 5267. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF AIR AMERICA. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the advisability of providing Federal retirement benefits to United States citizens for the service of such individuals before 1977 as employees of Air America or an associated company while such company was owned or controlled by the United States Government and operated or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency. (b) Report Elements.-- (1) In General.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (A) The history of Air America and associated companies before 1977, including a description of-- (i) the relationship between such companies and the Central Intelligence Agency and other elements of the United States Government; (ii) the workforce of such companies; (iii) the missions performed by such companies and their employees for the United States; and (iv) the casualties suffered by employees of such companies in the course of their employment with such companies. (B) A description of the retirement benefits contracted for or promised to the employees of such companies before 1977, the contributions made by such employees for such benefits, the retirement benefits actually paid such employees, the entitlement of such employees to the payment of future retirement benefits, and the likelihood that former employees of such companies will receive any future retirement benefits. (C) An assessment of the difference between-- (i) the retirement benefits that former employees of such companies have received or will receive by virtue of their employment with such companies; and (ii) the retirement benefits that such employees would have received and in the future receive if such employees had been, or would now be, treated as employees of the United States whose services while in the employ of such companies had been or would now be credited as Federal service for the purpose of Federal retirement benefits. (D) Any recommendations regarding the advisability of legislative action to treat employment at such companies as Federal service for the purpose of Federal retirement benefits in light of the relationship between such companies and the United States Government and the services and sacrifices of such employees to and for the United States, and if legislative action is considered advisable, a proposal for such action and an assessment of its costs. (2) Other Content.--The Director of National Intelligence shall include in the report any views of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on the matters covered by the report that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency considers appropriate. (c) Assistance of Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall, upon the request of the Director of National Intelligence and in a manner consistent with the protection of classified information, assist the Director in the preparation of the report required by subsection (a). (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (e) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Air america.--The term ``Air America'' means Air America, Incorporated. (2) Associated company.--The term ``associated company'' means any company associated with or subsidiary to Air America, including Air Asia Company Limited and the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated. ____________________