[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6162. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Lee) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by 
Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title X, add the following:

            Subtitle H--Cull Unfunded Requirement Budget Act

     SECTION 1081. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Cull Unfunded 
     Requirement Budget Act'' or the ``CURB Act''.

     SEC. 1082. BUDGET NEUTRAL WISH LISTS.

       (a) Budget Neutral Proposals.--Section 222a(c) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Prioritization of offsets.--Each report shall specify 
     offsets contained in the budget under the jurisdiction or 
     command of such officer for the total amount of spending 
     proposed under paragraph (1) that would be available for the 
     same time period as the funding requested. Any proposed 
     offsets shall include the following:
       ``(A) A summary description of the offset.
       ``(B) The amount of funds recommended to be offset in 
     connection with subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Account information with respect to each offset, 
     including the following (as applicable):
       ``(i) Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable procurement 
     accounts.
       ``(ii) Program Element (PE) number for applicable research, 
     development, test, and evaluation accounts.
       ``(iii) Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation 
     and maintenance accounts.''.
       (b) Budget Neutral Proposals.--Section 222b(b) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Prioritization of offsets.--Each report shall specify 
     offsets contained in the budget under the jurisdiction or 
     command of such officer for the total amount of spending 
     proposed in paragraph (1) that would be available for the 
     same time period as the funding requested. Any proposed 
     offsets shall include the following:
       ``(A) A summary description of such offset.
       ``(B) The amount of funds recommended to be offset in 
     connection with subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Account information with respect to each offset, 
     including the following (as applicable):
       ``(i) Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable procurement 
     accounts.
       ``(ii) Program Element (PE) number for applicable research, 
     development, test, and evaluation accounts.
       ``(iii) Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation 
     and maintenance accounts.''.

     SEC. 1083. TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Public Reporting.--Section 222a of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Public Reporting.--Not later than 5 days after 
     submitting the report required under subsection (a), each 
     officer specified in subsection (b) shall post the report in 
     an unclassified, publicly releasable form on a publicly 
     available government website and in the Department of 
     Defense's Freedom of Information Act reading room in machine-
     readable form.''.
       (b) Public Reporting.--Section 222b of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(c) Public Reporting.--Not later than 5 days after 
     submitting the report required under subsection (a), the 
     Director shall post the report in an unclassified, publicly 
     releasable form on a publicly available government website 
     and in the Department of Defense's Freedom of Information Act 
     reading room in machine-readable form.''.
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