[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 810 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 810

  To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding 
         under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2013

 Ms. Hanabusa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations, 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 grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding 
         under a continuing resolution, 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. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On September 14, 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert M. 
        Gates outlined an efficiencies initiative relating to 
        contracting for goods and services by the Department of 
        Defense, designed to save the Department $100 billion over the 
        next five years.
            (2) On January 26, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta 
        announced that the Department of Defense was on the path to 
        save $259 billion over the next 5 years and $487 billion over 
        the next 10. Secretary Panetta called the budget ``a balanced, 
        complete package'' that keeps the American military the 
        preeminent force in the world.
            (3) On February 13, 2012, Assistant Secretary of Defense 
        Ashton Carter, along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified 
        to the House Armed Services Committee that, if limitations on 
        the transfer of funds were lifted in the Continuing 
        Appropriations Resolution (Public Law 112-175), significant 
        shortfalls in the Operations & Maintenance accounts of their 
        respective services could be alleviated.

SEC. 2. REPORT FROM SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing the following:
            (1) A detailed outline of--
                    (A) the efficiencies initiative announced by the 
                Secretary on September 14, 2010, relating to 
                contracting for goods and services by the Department of 
                Defense; and
                    (B) the budget initiate announced by the Secretary 
                on January 26, 2012.
            (2) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives described 
        in paragraph (1) are being used to conform with the 
        discretionary spending limit for the security category in 
        fiscal year 2013 in section 251(c)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
        and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
            (3) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives described 
        in paragraph (1) will be used to conform with the discretionary 
        spending limit for the security category for each of fiscal 
        years 2014 through 2021 in section 251(c)(2) of such Act.
    (b) Coordination.--For purposes of providing the information 
required under subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), the Secretary shall 
coordinate with the heads of the other agencies covered by the security 
category.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNDER A CONTINUING 
              RESOLUTION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may transfer amounts made available 
to the Department of Defense by a continuing resolution among accounts 
of the Department of Defense
    (b) Limitation.--In the event of a transfer under subsection (a), 
the total amount in any account of the Department of Defense that is 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2013 may not exceed the amount 
authorized to be appropriated for the account for fiscal year 2013 by 
applicable provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239).
    (c) Subsequent Appropriations Act.--In the event that a regular 
appropriations Act for the Department of Defense is enacted for fiscal 
year 2013, the transfer authority provided under this section shall 
have no force or effect.
    (d) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 15 days before any transfer 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report setting forth a description of the 
transfer, including the amount of the transfer and the accounts from 
and to which the funds were transferred.
    (e) Transfer Subject to Notification Requirements.--In addition to 
the notice required under subsection (d), a transfer under subsection 
(a) shall be subject to the applicable notification requirements for 
reprogramming in division A of Public Law 112-74.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code;
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense; 
        and
            (3) the term ``security category'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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