[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1257 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1257

     To require the President to recommend specific reductions in 
nonsecurity discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to offset 
                  the costs of Operation Odyssey Dawn.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2011

  Mr. Bartlett (for himself and Mr. Harris) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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 require the President to recommend specific reductions in 
nonsecurity discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to offset 
                  the costs of Operation Odyssey Dawn.

    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 ``Protect America from U.S. Military 
Expenses in Libya Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN FY2011 NONSECURITY FUNDING TO OFFSET COSTS OF 
              OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN.

    (a) Submission of Recommendations.--Not later than July 2, 2011, to 
ensure that the cost of Operation Odyssey Dawn does not increase the 
Federal deficit or reduce the capability of the United States Armed 
Forces, the President shall submit to the Congress a list of 
recommendations for specific rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary 
appropriations for fiscal year 2011, for reappropriation to accounts of 
the Department of Defense to replace the amounts obligated for 
Operation Odyssey Dawn for such fiscal year.
    (b) Aggregate Amount of Recommended Rescissions.--The aggregate 
amount of the rescissions recommended under subsection (a) shall be not 
less than the projected cost of Operation Odyssey Dawn for fiscal year 
2011 determined under subsection (c).
    (c) Projection of Cost of Operation Odyssey Dawn.--Not later than 
June 1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall prepare and submit to the 
Congress and the President a report containing the projected cost of 
Operation Odyssey Dawn for fiscal year 2011, determined based on the 
cost of Operation Odyssey Dawn through May 15, 2011.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``nonsecurity 
discretionary appropriations'' means discretionary appropriations other 
than appropriations made available for an account, program, project, or 
activity of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, 
or Department of Veterans Affairs.
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