[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 804 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 804

 To cancel the 251A sequester for the revised security category and to 
 provide for a reduced spending plan with respect to the Department of 
                    Defense, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2013

 Mr. Coffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To cancel the 251A sequester for the revised security category and to 
 provide for a reduced spending plan with respect to 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 ``Smarter Than Sequester Defense 
Spending Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress can keep the faith with those who have sacrificed for our 
Nation, avoid cuts that harm our strategic posture, and still achieve 
spending reduction by implementing targeted reforms instead of allowing 
haphazard spending cuts to happen through sequestration.

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF 251A SEQUESTER AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REDUCED 
              SPENDING PLAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, an 
        order by the President to carry out a sequestration under 
        paragraphs (7) or (8) with respect to the revised security 
        category shall have no force or effect.
            ``(13) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Department of Defense shall formulate and implement a plan to 
        reduce spending over the 10-year period beginning on the date 
        of enactment of this Act. Such plan shall include a reduction 
        in spending--
                    ``(A) of not less than $100,000,000,000 by adopting 
                `sea swap' policies relating to rotating crew for 
                cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious ships;
                    ``(B) of not less than $53,000,000,000 by replacing 
                the current 88,000 military personnel who perform 
                clearly commercial-type activities at military bases 
                with 62,000 local civilian contractors instead, and 
                reducing end strengths to reflect such replacement;
                    ``(C) of not less than $52,500,000,000 by 
                transferring 65,000 members of the Armed Forces serving 
                on active duty to the National Guard and Reserve, 
                respectively, and modifying the end strengths to 
                reflect such transfer;
                    ``(D) of not less than $52,000,000,000 by reducing 
                total planned spending on `Other Procurement' by the 
                Army, Navy, and Air Force;
                    ``(E) of not less than $36,700,000,000 by reducing 
                the number of Department of Defense civilian employee 
                positions by 100,000 through retirement and voluntary 
                attrition;
                    ``(F) of not less than $20,000,000,000 by removing 
                all Brigade Combat Teams and tactical aircraft assets, 
                as well as the personnel maintaining and supporting 
                them, from European deployment;
                    ``(G) of not less than $15,000,000,000 by reducing 
                spending on contractor augmentees;
                    ``(H) of not less than $9,000,000,000 by reducing 
                planned spending on experimental fuel procurement;
                    ``(I) of not less than $7,100,000,000 by 
                consolidating the management of the Army and Air Force 
                Exchange Service, the Navy Exchange Service Command, 
                and the Marine Corps exchanges and creating 
                efficiencies to provide savings;
                    ``(J) of not less than $7,000,000,000 by postponing 
                procurement of the Ground Combat Vehicle by the Army 
                until at least 2023;
                    ``(K) of not less than $4,600,000,000 by 
                establishing a unified medical command;
                    ``(L) of not less than $3,000,000,000 by delaying 
                refurbishment of the Abrams tank for at least 3 years;
                    ``(M) of not less than $1,800,000,000 by reducing 
                annual spending on all military bands to $200,000,000 
                for 10 years;
                    ``(N) of not less than $800,000,000 by reducing the 
                total number of general officers and flag officers; and
                    ``(O) of not less than $150,000,000,000 through 
                annual reductions in spending initiated by the 
                Department of Defense through reducing programs and 
                activities which do not contribute significantly to 
                military capability.''.
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