[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2149. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. TRANSFER AUTHORITY APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN DEFENSE 
                   ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 322 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 4274. Transfer authority applicable to certain defense 
       acquisition programs

       ``(a) In General.--For a period of up to three years after 
     Milestone B approval or entry into a Middle Tier of 
     Acquisition or Software Acquisition Pathway for a defense 
     acquisition program, the Secretary of Defense may transfer in 
     any fiscal year, in an amount not to exceed applicable 
     standards for below-threshold reprogramming, amounts made 
     available for research, development, test, and evaluation for 
     such program for that fiscal year to amounts made available 
     for procurement for the program for such fiscal year. The 
     authority provided under this subsection is in addition to 
     any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Defense.
       ``(b) Notification Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall notify the Congress within 30 days of a transfer made 
     pursuant to the authority provided under subsection (a).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of subchapter IV of chapter 322 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 4273 the following new item:

``4274. Transfer authority applicable to certain defense acquisition 
              programs.''.
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