[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2462 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2462

   To provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any 
employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, 
 the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered 
       into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2007

    Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Obama) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any 
employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, 
 the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered 
       into by the Department of Defense, 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 FURLOUGHS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Employee.--The term ``employee''--
                    (A) has the meaning given under section 7511(a)(1) 
                of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) includes a member of the Senior Executive 
                Service.
            (2) Furlough.--The term ``furlough''--
                    (A) has the meaning given under section 7511(a)(5) 
                of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) with respect to a member of the Senior 
                Executive Service, has the meaning given under section 
                3595a(a) of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Limitation on Furloughs.--Before the Secretary of Defense may 
furlough employees of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack 
of funds, the Secretary shall suspend all nonessential service 
contracts entered into by the Department of Defense as are necessary to 
make up for the lack of funds.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer an 
amount equal to payments not required to be made by the United States 
by reason of the suspension of contracts under subsection (b) from the 
applicable appropriations accounts used for making such payments into 
the applicable appropriations accounts for the salaries and expenses of 
employees.
    (d) Use of Transferred Funds.--Amounts transferred into 
appropriations accounts under subsection (c) may be used for authorized 
purposes of those accounts to prevent the furlough of employees on the 
basis of a lack of funds.
    (e) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2008.
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