To limit the availability of funds for the Office of the Secretary of Defense pending action on certain amphibious shipbuilding programs, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3885

 To limit the availability of funds for the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense pending action on certain amphibious shipbuilding programs, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2021

  Mr. Wittman (for himself and Mr. Palazzo) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the availability of funds for the Office of the Secretary of 
Defense pending action on certain amphibious shipbuilding programs, 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. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND EXTENSION OF 
              PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.

    (a) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense for the Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the date on which the Secretary of the Navy enters into a contract 
pursuant to section 124 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
    (b) Extension of Procurement Authority.--Section 124(a)(1) of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended by striking ``fiscal 
year 2021'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2021 and 2022''.
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