117 HR 8040 IH: People Over Pentagon Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-06-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8040IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 13, 2022Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesA BILLTo reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the People Over Pentagon Act of 2022.

2.

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)many of the most urgent threats to the national security of the United States are not military in nature;(2)the Federal budget should reflect the national priorities of the United States; and(3)in order to better protect the security of all people and address the national priorities of the United States, the budget of the Department of Defense should be reduced and the associated savings should be reallocated.

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Reduction in amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023

(a)

In general

The amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 2023 is—(1)the aggregate amount appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 in division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103), reduced by(2)$100,000,000,000.(b)

Funding for certain accounts

The amount authorized to be appropriated for each of the following accounts of the Department of Defense shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated for such account for fiscal year 2022:(1)The Defense Health Program.(2)Each military personnel account.(3)Each account providing for pay and benefits for persons appointed into the civil service as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.(c)

Application of funding cuts

In reducing funding for Department of Defense programs in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall take into consideration the findings and recommendations contained in the Congressional Budget Office report entitled Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget and dated October 2021.