[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1577 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1577

      To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize advance 
appropriations for military personnel, reserve personnel, and National 
Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title 
       I of the annual Department of Defense appropriations Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

  Mr. Rigell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize advance 
appropriations for military personnel, reserve personnel, and National 
Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense, generally title 
       I of the annual Department of Defense appropriations Act.

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

SECTION 1. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY 
              PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 226 the following new section:
``Sec. 227. Advance appropriations for Department of Defense military 
              personnel accounts
    ``(a) Inclusion of Advance Appropriations.--For each fiscal year, 
beginning with fiscal year 2012, discretionary new budget authority 
provided in an appropriations Act for the military personnel accounts 
of the Department shall--
            ``(1) be made available for that fiscal year; and
            ``(2) include, for each such account, advance discretionary 
        new budget authority that first becomes available for the first 
        fiscal year after the budget year.
    ``(b) Estimates Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall include 
in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President's budget 
submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 detailed estimates of 
the funds necessary for the military personnel accounts of the 
Department for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than July 31 of each year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual report on the 
sufficiency of the resources of the Department of Defense for the next 
fiscal year beginning after the date of the submittal of the report for 
the provision of military pay and allowances for members of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the reserve components thereof.
    ``(d) Military Personnel Accounts Defined.--In this section, the 
term `military personnel accounts of the Department' mean the military 
personnel, reserve personnel, and National Guard personnel accounts of 
the Department of Defense, generally title I of an annual Department of 
Defense appropriations Act.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
226 following new item:

``227. Advance appropriations for Department of Defense military 
                            personnel accounts.''.
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