[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5092]
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SA 3301. Mr. LEE (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 subtitle A of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1005. CURBING UNFUNDED REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Cull
Unfunded Requirement Budget Act'' or the ``CURB Act''.
(b) Budget Neutral Wish Lists.--
(1) 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 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.''.
(2) 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 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.''.
(c) Transparency.--
(1) Public reporting.--Section 222a of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection:
``(e) 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 on
a publicly available website in machine-readable form.''.
(2) Public reporting.--Section 222b of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(B) 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 on a publicly available
website in machine-readable form.''.
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