,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bgih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1 #bjah 
,mr4 ,rounds introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to require a proposal for a 
pay table for commissioned officers of  
the ,armed ,forces using steps in grade 
based on time in grade rather than time 
in service4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,defense ,officer  
,personnel ,pay ,reform ,act of #bjah4  
#b4 ,department of ,defense proposal for
 pay table for commissioned officers of 
the ,armed ,forces using steps in grade 
based on time in grade rather than time 
in service  7a7 ,proposal required ,not 
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the congressional defense committees a  
report setting forth a proposal for a   
pay table for commissioned officers of  
the ,armed ,forces that uses steps in   

grade for each pay grade based on time  
of service within such pay grade rather 
than on time of service in the ,armed   
,forces as a whole4  7b7 ,comptroller   
,general assessment ,not later than     
,march #a1 #bjai1 the ,comptroller      
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to the congressional defense     
committees a report setting forth an    
assessment by the ,comptroller ,general 
of the proposed pay table required      
pursuant to subsection 7a71 including an
 assessment of the effects of using the 
proposed pay table1 rather than the     
current pay table for commissioned      
officers of the ,armed ,forces1 on      
recruitment and retention of            
commissioned officers of the ,armed     
,forces as a whole and on recruitment   
and retention of commissioned officers  
of the ,armed ,forces with particular   
sets of skills 7including cyber and     
other technical skills74  7c7           
,congressional defense committees       
defined ,in this section1 the term      

congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given that term in section     
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code4