Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a detailed outline of, and accounting under the discretionary spending limit for: (1) the efficiencies relating to Department of Defense (DOD) contracting for goods and services, and (2) the DOD budget initiate.
Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts made available by a continuing resolution among DOD accounts. Prohibits the amount transferred to any account from exceeding that authorized for such account by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
Makes such transfer authority inapplicable in the event a regular appropriations Act for DOD is enacted for FY2013.
Requires 15 days' advance notification to such committees prior to any such transfer.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 810 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 810
To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding
under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2013
Ms. Hanabusa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding
under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On September 14, 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert M.
Gates outlined an efficiencies initiative relating to
contracting for goods and services by the Department of
Defense, designed to save the Department $100 billion over the
next five years.
(2) On January 26, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
announced that the Department of Defense was on the path to
save $259 billion over the next 5 years and $487 billion over
the next 10. Secretary Panetta called the budget ``a balanced,
complete package'' that keeps the American military the
preeminent force in the world.
(3) On February 13, 2012, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Ashton Carter, along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified
to the House Armed Services Committee that, if limitations on
the transfer of funds were lifted in the Continuing
Appropriations Resolution (Public Law 112-175), significant
shortfalls in the Operations & Maintenance accounts of their
respective services could be alleviated.
SEC. 2. REPORT FROM SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO CONGRESS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report containing the following:
(1) A detailed outline of--
(A) the efficiencies initiative announced by the
Secretary on September 14, 2010, relating to
contracting for goods and services by the Department of
Defense; and
(B) the budget initiate announced by the Secretary
on January 26, 2012.
(2) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives described
in paragraph (1) are being used to conform with the
discretionary spending limit for the security category in
fiscal year 2013 in section 251(c)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(3) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives described
in paragraph (1) will be used to conform with the discretionary
spending limit for the security category for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2021 in section 251(c)(2) of such Act.
(b) Coordination.--For purposes of providing the information
required under subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), the Secretary shall
coordinate with the heads of the other agencies covered by the security
category.
SEC. 3. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNDER A CONTINUING
RESOLUTION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary may transfer amounts made available
to the Department of Defense by a continuing resolution among accounts
of the Department of Defense
(b) Limitation.--In the event of a transfer under subsection (a),
the total amount in any account of the Department of Defense that is
available for obligation in fiscal year 2013 may not exceed the amount
authorized to be appropriated for the account for fiscal year 2013 by
applicable provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239).
(c) Subsequent Appropriations Act.--In the event that a regular
appropriations Act for the Department of Defense is enacted for fiscal
year 2013, the transfer authority provided under this section shall
have no force or effect.
(d) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 15 days before any transfer
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth a description of the
transfer, including the amount of the transfer and the accounts from
and to which the funds were transferred.
(e) Transfer Subject to Notification Requirements.--In addition to
the notice required under subsection (d), a transfer under subsection
(a) shall be subject to the applicable notification requirements for
reprogramming in division A of Public Law 112-74.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10,
United States Code;
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense;
and
(3) the term ``security category'' has the meaning given
that term in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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