[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2881 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2881

  To authorize emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Defense to respond to the infrastructure sustainment and 
   restoration crisis and spare and repair parts shortages adversely 
affecting the readiness of the Armed Forces and the quality of life of 
      members of the Armed Forces and their families on military 
                             installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

           September 12 (legislative day, September 11), 2001

Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, and Mr. 
   Schrock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Defense to respond to the infrastructure sustainment and 
   restoration crisis and spare and repair parts shortages adversely 
affecting the readiness of the Armed Forces and the quality of life of 
      members of the Armed Forces and their families on military 
                             installations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Emergency 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Funds are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2002 to the Secretary of Defense for 
the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the 
Department of Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for the 
following operation and maintenance purposes and in the following 
amounts:
            (1) For infrastructure sustainment and restoration, 
        $5,000,000,000.
            (2) For acquisition of spare and repair parts, 
        $1,000,000,000.
    (b) Treatment as Additional Authorization.--The amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by subsection (a) are in addition to amounts 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2002 for the 
use of the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the 
Department of Defense.
    (c) Emergency Designation.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a)--
            (1) may be designated by Congress as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and
            (2) shall be available only if an official budget request 
        for the entire amount appropriated, that includes designation 
        of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in 
        the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
        is transmitted by the President to Congress.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

    (a) Infrastructure Sustainment and Restoration.--The Secretary of 
Defense may transfer amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in section 2(a)(1) as follows:
            (1) For the Army, $1,000,000,000.
            (2) For the Navy, $1,000,000,000.
            (3) For the Marine Corps, $500,000,000.
            (4) For the Air Force, $1,000,000,000.
            (5) For Defense-wide activities, $500,000,000.
    (b) Spare and Repair Parts Acquisition.--The Secretary of Defense 
may transfer amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 2(a)(2) as follows:
            (1) For the Army, $250,000,000.
            (2) For the Navy, $250,000,000.
            (3) For the Marine Corps, $125,000,000.
            (4) For the Air Force, $250,000,000.
            (5) For Defense-wide activities, $125,000,000.
    (c) Treatment of Transferred Amounts.--Funds transferred under this 
section shall be merged with, and shall be available for the same time 
period as, the appropriations to which the funds are transferred.
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