INCLUSION OF SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AMONG SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

SEC. 685. INCLUSION OF SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AMONG SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.(a) Basic Pay Rate.—(1) Equal treatment.—The rate of basic pay for an enlisted member in the grade E–9 while serving as Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be the same as the rate of basic pay for an enlisted member in that grade while serving as Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code.(2) Effective date.—Paragraph (1) shall apply beginning on the date on which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces is first appointed to serve as Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.(b) Pay During Terminal Leave or While Hospitalized.—Section 210(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(6) The Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”.(c) Personal Money Allowance.—Section 414(c) of such title is amended—(1) by striking “or” after “Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,”; and(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”.(d) Retired Pay Base.—Section 1406(i)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:“(vi) Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”.