[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2367

    To limit the amount of authorization of appropriations for the 
 Department of Defense unless the Secretary of Defense implements cost-
  saving recommendations contained in a certain study by the Defense 
                Business Board, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To limit the amount of authorization of appropriations for the 
 Department of Defense unless the Secretary of Defense implements cost-
  saving recommendations contained in a certain study by the Defense 
                Business Board, 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 ``Department of Defense Waste 
Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF COST-SAVING RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Total Amounts for Department of Defense.--There 
may not be appropriated to the Department of Defense supplemental funds 
for fiscal year 2017 or funds for fiscal year 2018 if the total amount 
of funds for the Department for such respective fiscal year exceed the 
total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114-328) unless--
            (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 
        defense committees that the Secretary--
                    (A) has evaluated each recommendation for cost 
                savings in the Department of Defense contained in the 
                study conducted by the Defense Business Board titled 
                ``Transforming Department of Defense's Core Business 
                Processes for Revolutionary Change''; and
                    (B) is implementing each such recommendation; or
            (2) if the Secretary is unable to make the certification 
        under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) the Secretary submits to the congressional 
                defense committees a report explaining why the 
                Secretary is not implementing any such recommendation; 
                and
                    (B) a period of 30 days elapses following the 
                submission of such report.
    (b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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