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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 161 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To transfer funds from the Internal Revenue Service to the Department |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Defense to increase the pay of certain members of the Armed Forces |
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| 7 | 7 | | serving on active duty. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | IKEGARCIAof California introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 15 | 15 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To transfer funds from the Internal Revenue Service to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Department of Defense to increase the pay of certain |
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| 19 | 19 | | members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prioritizing Troops 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Over Tax Collectors Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 161 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. MINIMUM RATE OF BASIC PAY FOR A MEMBER OF 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | THE ARMED FORCES. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act, the rate of basic pay for a member of the Armed 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Forces under section 203 of title 37, United States Code, 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall equal or exceed $31,200. 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN UNOBLIGATED FUNDS 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO CARRY 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | OUT INCREASE OF MINIMUM RATE OF BASIC 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | PAY. 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | The unobligated balance of amounts made available 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | to the Internal Revenue Service under section 10301 of 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the ‘‘Inflation 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Reduction Act’’) are hereby transferred to the Department 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of Defense to carry out section 1. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HIR-17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ING UNTIL MINIMUM RATE OF BASIC PAY 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | FOR A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES IS 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | INCREASED. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | During the period beginning on the date of the enact-21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment of this Act and ending on the date on which the 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Secretary of Defense certifies to the Commissioner of In-23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ternal Revenue that such Secretary has implemented sec-24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tion 1, the Internal Revenue Service may not hire any em-25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ployee if such hiring would result in the number of full- 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | time employees employed by the Internal Revenue Service 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | exceeding the number of such employees so employed im-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | mediately before such period. 3 |
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