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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 413 

To reduce the budget of the Department of Defense to the level provided 

for fiscal year 2008 and to freeze the budget at such level through 

fiscal year 2016. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2011 

Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To reduce the budget of the Department of Defense to the 

level provided for fiscal year 2008 and to freeze the 

budget at such level through fiscal year 2016. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense and Deficit 

5 Reduction Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Under H. Res. 38, the Chair of the Com9 mittee on the Budget shall include in the CongresVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:47 Feb 02, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H413.IH H413

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1 sional Record an allocation for the remainder of fis2 cal year 2011 that assumes nonsecurity spending at 

3 fiscal year 2008 levels. 

4 (2) Reductions in defense spending should be 

5 included in any effort to reduce Federal outlays and 

6 reduce the national deficit. 

7 (3) In fiscal year 2010, defense spending com8 prised 58 percent of discretionary spending. 

9 (4) If defense spending continued at fiscal year 

10 2010 levels for the next 5 years, it would total 

11 $3,600,000,000,000. 

12 (5) Reducing defense spending to fiscal year 

13 2008 levels would save approximately 

14 $182,000,000,000 over 5 years compared to current 

15 levels. 

16 (6) In January 2011 Secretary of Defense 

17 Gates stated that the Administration is seeking 

18 $78,000,000,000 in cuts to the defense budget over 

19 the next five years on top of $100,000,000,000 in 

20 efficiencies. This savings should be used to decrease 

21 the deficit. 

22 (7) President Obama has pledged to begin 

23 drawing down forces in Afghanistan in July 2011 

24 with a goal of full withdrawal in 2014. With a deVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:47 Feb 02, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H413.IH H413

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1 crease in troops abroad, our defense spending should 

2 decrease. 

3 (8) In a CBS News Poll from January 2011, 

4 over 50 percent of Americans questioned would re5 duce defense spending to decrease the Federal def6 icit. 

7 (9) The United States currently spends more 

8 on its military and defense than the next 19 biggest 

9 spending nations combined. 

10 (10) Making reasonable reductions to the de11 fense budget can help to solve the Nation’s long12 term fiscal problems. 

13 SEC. 3. REDUCTION AND FREEZE IN BUDGET OF DEPART14 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

15 (a) REDUCTION AND FREEZE.—The aggregate 

16 amount of funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

17 for military functions administered by the Department of 

18 Defense (other than the functions excluded by subsection 

19 (b)) for a fiscal year may not exceed— 

20 (1) in the case of fiscal year 2011, the aggre21 gate amount of funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available for military functions administered 

23 by the Department of Defense (other than the func24 tions excluded by subsection (b)) for fiscal year 

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1 (2) in the case of fiscal years 2012 through 

2 2016, the aggregate amount of funds appropriated 

3 or otherwise made available for such functions for 

4 the previous fiscal year. 

5 (b) EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PERSONNEL PAY AND

6 BENEFITS.—In determining the aggregate amount of 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available for mili8 tary functions administered by the Department of Defense 

9 for fiscal year 2008 or any subsequent fiscal year for pur10 poses of subsection (a), there shall be excluded all amounts 

11 appropriated or otherwise made available in general and 

12 supplemental appropriations Acts for— 

13 (1) military personnel, reserve personnel, and 

14 National Guard personnel accounts of the Depart15 ment of Defense, generally title I of the annual De16 partment of Defense appropriations Act; 

17 (2) the Defense Health Program; and 

18 (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities 

19 of the Department of Defense, but only to the extent 

20 the amounts were transferred to personnel accounts 

21 referred to in paragraph (1). 

22 (c) USE OF SAVINGS.—All funds saved by the imple23 mentation of this section shall be used for deficit reduc24 tion. 

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