[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
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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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