To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

Directs the Secretary of Defense, in order to carry out the prohibition against the use of FY2013 Department of Defense (DOD) funds for the medium extended air defense system (MEADS) as contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013, to reprogram any such funds to other missile defense programs and projects not part of MEADS. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress within 15 days after such reprogramming.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1481 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1481

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated 
   for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium 
                      Extended Air Defense System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2013

  Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Turner, Ms. Tsongas, and Mr. Coffman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated 
   for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium 
                      Extended Air Defense System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPROGRAMMING OF AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 FOR THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE MEDIUM EXTENDED AIR DEFENSE 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Reprogramming Required.--
            (1) In general.--To carry out section 221 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-
        239; 126 Stat. 1674), the Secretary of Defense shall reprogram 
        fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds to other missile defense programs 
        and projects that are not part of the Medium Extended Air 
        Defense System.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 15 days after the date on which 
        the Secretary reprograms fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
        describing such reprogramming.
    (b) Fiscal Year 2013 MEADS Funds Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds'' means the $380,900,000 
appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of division C of 
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 
(Public Law 113-6) under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army'' for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.
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