,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cghg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ai1       
#bjac,mr4 ,lankford introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,veterans' ,affairs1 ,house             
,administration1 and ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to repeal the annual        
adjustment of retired pay and retainer  
pay amounts for retired members of the  
,armed ,forces under age #fb1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,repeal of annual  
adjustment of retired pay and retainer  
pay amounts for retired members of the  
,armed ,forces under age #fb ,section   
#djc of the ,bipartisan ,budget ,act of 
#bjac is hereby repealed4  #b4          
,elimination of cost-of-living          

adjustments for pensions of ,members of 
,congress who retire before age #fb     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the pension of a retired ,member of
 ,congress who is under the age of #fb  
shall not be increased4  #c4 ,department
 of ,defense and ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs joint contracting for
 prescription drugs ,notwithstanding any
 other provision of law1 the ,secretary 
of ,defense and the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs shall jointly ensure 
that brand-name prescription drugs      
purchased by the ,department of ,defense
 and by the ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs are purchased jointly by such  
,departments at the same level such     
drugs were purchased jointly by such    
,departments in fiscal year #bjje or in 
excess of that level4