,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #bc1       
#bjac,mr4 ,poe of ,texas 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,jones7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,foreign ,affairs1 ,natural ,resources1 
and ,agriculture1 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 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,uphold ,our   
,promise to ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,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  #c4 ,prohibition on          
assistance to ,egypt and ,pakistan  7a7 
,egypt ,assistance may not be provided  
to the ,government of ,egypt under any  
provision of law4  7b7 ,pakistan        
,economic and security assistance may   
not be provided to the ,government of   
,pakistan under any provision of law4   
7c7 ,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 #bjae4  #d4 ,authorization  
to sell land  7a7 ,authorization ,for   
each of fiscal years #bjad through #bjbd
 or when the authority under this       
section is terminated in accordance with
 subsection 7d71 whichever occurs first1
 subject to valid existing rights1 the  
,secretary of the ,interior or the      
,secretary of ,agriculture1 as the case 
may be1 shall offer for competitive sale
 by auction all right1 title1 and       

interest1 to the extent provided in     
subsection 7b77#b71 in and to the       
following3 7#a7 ,eight percent of the   
,federal land managed by the ,bureau of 
,land ,management4  7#b7 ,eight percent 
of the ,national ,forest ,system land4  
7b7 ,terms and conditions  7#a7         
,configuration of land ,the ,secretary  
concerned shall configure the land to be
 sold to maximize marketability or      
achieve management objectives1 and may  
prescribe such terms and conditions on  
the land sales authorized by this ,act  
as the ,secretary deems in the public   
interest4  7#b7 ,mineral rights ,for    
each fiscal year1 the ,secretary        
concerned may include in the sale of    
land under subsection 7a7 the mineral   
rights to such land for not more than   
#ej percent of the total acreage sold   
under subsection 7a7 by that ,secretary1
 if the ,secretary determines that such 
inclusion is likely to maximize         
marketability4  7c7 ,proceeds from the  
sale of land ,all proceeds from the sale

 of land under this section shall be    
deposited into the ,treasury and        
applied-- 7#a7 to reduce the annual     
,federal budget deficit for the fiscal  
year in which the sums are received1    
except as provided in paragraph 7#b72   
and  7#b7 if there is no annual ,federal
 budget deficit for the fiscal year in  
which the sums are received1 to reduce  
the outstanding ,federal debt4  7d7     
,termination of authority ,the authority
 under this section shall terminate when
 the proceeds deposited into the        
,treasury under subsection 7c7 equal    
#c1ejj1jjj or at the end of fiscal year 
#bjbd1 whichever occurs first4