119 S5349 IS: Defense Expenditure Planning for Optimizing Throughput and Sustainment Act of 2026 U.S. Senate 2026-08-06 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.

II119th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 5349IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAugust 6, 2026Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesA BILLTo authorize the Secretary of Defense to eliminate any internal Department of Defense depreciated costs or cancel any internal Department debts associated with depots and arsenal from accounts of a military department or the Department that are associated with certain capital expenditures that no longer generate revenue due to mission changes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Defense Expenditure Planning for Optimizing Throughput and Sustainment Act of 2026 or the DEPOTS Act.

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Capital expenditure write-offs for Department of Defense depots and arsenals

(a)

Write-offs

(1)

In general

With respect to any depot or arsenal of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense may write-off or eliminate any internal Department accounting charges, such as remaining depreciation or internal debt from an account of a military department or the Department associated with capital assets that do not generate revenue due to mission realignments directed by the Federal Government.(2)

Recovery of outlays

Write-offs under paragraph (1) shall be done in a manner than ensures any previous cash outlay from a revolving fund is recovered.(3)

Application of authority

The authority under paragraph (1) applies only to financial balances within the accounts of a military department or the Department of Defense, not to payments owed to commercial contractors.(b)

Delegation

The Secretary may delegate the authority under subsection (a) to the Secretary of a military department.