AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION

LEGISLATIVE UPDATEJune 2012

MSgt (Ret) Morgan Brown

Director, Military & Government Relations

•What we Do - 112th Congress• Focus Areas• FY 2013 Budget•Your AFSA •Your Thoughts?

OVERVIEW

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Key Proposals in

FY 2013 Budget Proposal

• Unchanged in FY 2013/14• Capped at .5% in FY 2015• Capped at 1% in FY 2016• Capped at 1.5% in FY 2017

PAY RAISES

• BRAC-Like Commission• To “Recommend

changes in order to meet the personnel needs of the DoD in a cost-effective manner.”

MILITARY PAY &BENEFITS

• 2 New Rounds• FY 2013 & FY 2015• USAF Losses?• Political Aspects• FY 2013 NDAA

BRAC

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Proposed TRICARE Changes

Notes:* Single rate is 50 percent of family rate** Retired pay thresholds to be indexed to COLA increases*** Fees for FY 2018 and out years to be indexed to health cost inflation

Note: Non-Formulary pharmaceuticals will have limited availability in retail pharmacies

Notes:* Single rate is 50 percent of family rate** Retired pay thresholds to be indexed to COLA increases*** Fees for FY 2018 and out years to be indexed to health cost inflation

Notes:* Single rate is 50 percent of family rate** Retired pay thresholds to be indexed to COLA increases*** Fees for FY 2018 and out years to be indexed to health cost inflation

Notes:* Single rate is 50 percent of family rate** Fees for FY 2018 and out years to be indexed to health cost inflation

Notes:* Retired pay thresholds to be indexed to COLA increases** Fees for FY 2018 and out years to be indexed to health cost inflation

• 1.7 percent military pay raise• Provides transition benefits for

involuntarily separated members (active duty)

• 180 days of TRS and TRICARE dental coverage for members involuntarily separated from the SR

• Protects child custody agreements for military parents who are deployed

• Refinancing help for qualifying service members who can’t sell their homes in conjunction with a military-ordered relocation

• No new BRAC rounds; no similar commission looking at military pay

• No TRICARE Fee Increases*

HOUSEVERSIONH.R. 4310

• 1.7 percent military pay raise• Requires a Military Compensation and

Retirement Modernization Commission • 180 days of TRS and TRICARE dental

coverage for members involuntarily separated from the SR

• Allows a PCS move for SR members who are separated due to force reductions, but who fill critical vacancies in another Selected Reserve unit more than 150 miles from their home

• Codifies space-available travel eligibility• No new BRAC rounds• No TRICARE Fee Increases*

SENATEMARKS. 3254

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