[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1030. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REDUCTION IN MILITARY SPENDING.

       The total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act is hereby reduced by 10 percent, with the amount of 
     such reduction to be applied on a pro rata basis among the 
     accounts and funds for which amounts are authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act, excluding accounts and funds 
     relating to military personnel, the Defense Health Program, 
     and assistance to Ukraine. The amount of reduction for each 
     account and fund subject to such requirement shall be applied 
     on a pro rata basis across each program, project, and 
     activity funded by such account or fund.
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