[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1021 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1021

To limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing 
                        and reproduction costs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2011

Mr. Coburn (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing 
                        and reproduction costs.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ANNUAL AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES BY THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION 
              COSTS.

    (a) In General.--The aggregate amount expended by the Department of 
Defense in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2011 for printing and 
reproduction costs may not exceed $417,000,000.
    (b) Rescission of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--There is hereby rescinded from amounts 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of 
        Defense for fiscal year 2011 the amount of $20,000,000. The 
        Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Director 
        of the Office of Management and Budget, allocate the amount so 
        rescinded across the accounts referred to in paragraph (2), and 
        from among amounts in such accounts for printing and 
        reproduction costs, in such manner as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate. Not later than 150 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
        report setting forth the allocation of such rescission across 
        the accounts.
            (2) Accounts.--The accounts referred to in this paragraph 
        are the accounts as follows:
                    (A) Operation and Maintenance, Army.
                    (B) Operation and Maintenance, Navy.
                    (C) Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.
                    (D) Operation and Maintenance, Air Force.
                    (E) Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.
                    (F) Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.
                    (G) Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve.
                    (H) Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps 
                Reserve.
                    (I) Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve.
                    (J) Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard.
                    (K) Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard.
            (3) Use of amount rescinded for reduction of public debt.--
        The amount rescinded under paragraph (1) shall be used to 
        reduce the public debt of the United States.
    (c) Electronic Distribution to Public of Reports Submitted to 
Congress by Law.--Section 122a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Electronic Distribution.--Reports made available to the 
public under subsection (a) shall, the maximum extent practicable, be 
made available to the public in and through an electronic format in 
order to reduce the printing and reproduction costs of the Department 
of Defense.''.
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