[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1361 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1361

   To terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs of the 
             Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs of 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Inefficient Defense Elimination Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OR RETIREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND SHIP PROGRAMS.

    (a) C-27J Aircraft.--
            (1) Prohibition on procurement.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 
        or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense may 
        be obligated or expended to procure C-27J aircraft.
            (2) Treatment of current aircraft.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, with respect to each C-27J aircraft 
        being maintained by the Secretary of Defense that was procured 
        on or before the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) make the aircraft available for sale to another 
                department or agency of the Federal Government or the 
                government of an ally of the United States; or
                    (B) if the Secretary determines that the sale of an 
                aircraft under subparagraph (A) is not appropriate, 
                retire or dispose of the aircraft in a manner the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.
    (b) Global Hawk Aircraft.--
            (1) Prohibition on procurement.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 
        or any fiscal year thereafter for the Department of Defense may 
        be obligated or expended to procure RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk 
        unmanned aircraft systems.
            (2) Treatment of current aircraft.--Notwithstanding section 
        154(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239) or any other provision of law, 
        with respect to each RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned 
        aircraft system being maintained by the Secretary of Defense 
        that was procured on or before the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) make the aircraft available for sale to another 
                department or agency of the Federal Government or the 
                government of an ally of the United States; or
                    (B) if the Secretary determines that the sale of an 
                aircraft under subparagraph (A) is not appropriate, 
                retire or dispose of the aircraft in a manner the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.
    (c) Aegis Guided Missile Cruisers.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall--
            (1) retire four Aegis guided missile cruisers during fiscal 
        year 2014; and
            (2) retire three Aegis guided missile cruisers during 
        fiscal year 2015.
    (d) Amphibious Landing Ships.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Defense shall retire two amphibious landing 
ships during fiscal year 2014.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON MILITARY PRESENCE IN EUROPE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a)(16) of 
title 10, United States Code) a report analyzing the necessity of 
stationing members of the Armed Forces in Europe, including an 
evaluation of property owned by the Federal Government in Europe that 
could be sold if such stationing was reduced or terminated.
    (b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
consider the following:
            (1) Benefits to the United States from having the Armed 
        Forces present in Europe that would not be achievable 
        elsewhere.
            (2) Direct military threats to the United States that 
        require such a presence and whether such threats could be 
        countered with a smaller presence.
            (3) The ability of European allies to address threats 
        without such presence.
            (4) Ways in which a withdrawal or reduction of members of 
        the Armed Forces stationed in Europe will affect the 
        sustainability of military operations abroad.
            (5) Ways in which such a withdrawal or reduction will 
        affect the ability of the United States to implement a broader 
        national security strategy.
            (6) Any formal treaty obligations or bilateral agreements 
        that require the Armed Forces of the United States to be 
        present in Europe.
            (7) Effectiveness of current force levels in Europe in 
        achieving national security objectives.
            (8) Unique benefits of sustaining each base location in 
        Europe and ways in which reduction of such bases would affect 
        the ability of the United States to sustain military operations 
        abroad.
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