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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 804 

To cancel the 251A sequester for the revised security category and to provide 

for a reduced spending plan with respect to the Department of Defense, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2013 

Mr. COFFMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To cancel the 251A sequester for the revised security category and to provide for a reduced spending plan with 

respect to the Department of Defense, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Smarter Than Seques5 ter Defense Spending Reduction Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 Congress can keep the faith with those who have sac8 rificed for our Nation, avoid cuts that harm our strategic 


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1 posture, and still achieve spending reduction by imple2 menting targeted reforms instead of allowing haphazard 

3 spending cuts to happen through sequestration. 

4 SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF 251A SEQUESTER AND IMPLE5 MENTATION OF REDUCED SPENDING PLAN 

6 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

7 Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(12) Notwithstanding the requirements of this 

11 section, an order by the President to carry out a se12 questration under paragraphs (7) or (8) with respect 

13 to the revised security category shall have no force 

14 or effect. 

15 ‘‘(13) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, the Department of Defense shall formulate and 

17 implement a plan to reduce spending over the 10- 

18 year period beginning on the date of enactment of 

19 this Act. Such plan shall include a reduction in 

20 spending— 

21 ‘‘(A) of not less than $100,000,000,000 by 

22 adopting ‘sea swap’ policies relating to rotating 

23 crew for cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious 

24 ships; 


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1 ‘‘(B) of not less than $53,000,000,000 by 

2 replacing the current 88,000 military personnel 

3 who perform clearly commercial-type activities 

4 at military bases with 62,000 local civilian con5 tractors instead, and reducing end strengths to 

6 reflect such replacement; 

7 ‘‘(C) of not less than $52,500,000,000 by 

8 transferring 65,000 members of the Armed 

9 Forces serving on active duty to the National 

10 Guard and Reserve, respectively, and modifying 

11 the end strengths to reflect such transfer; 

12 ‘‘(D) of not less than $52,000,000,000 by 

13 reducing total planned spending on ‘Other Pro14 curement’ by the Army, Navy, and Air Force; 

15 ‘‘(E) of not less than $36,700,000,000 by 

16 reducing the number of Department of Defense 

17 civilian employee positions by 100,000 through 

18 retirement and voluntary attrition; 

19 ‘‘(F) of not less than $20,000,000,000 by 

20 removing all Brigade Combat Teams and tac21 tical aircraft assets, as well as the personnel 

22 maintaining and supporting them, from Euro23 pean deployment; 

24 ‘‘(G) of not less than $15,000,000,000 by 

25 reducing spending on contractor augmentees; 


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1 ‘‘(H) of not less than $9,000,000,000 by 

2 reducing planned spending on experimental fuel 

3 procurement; 

4 ‘‘(I) of not less than $7,100,000,000 by 

5 consolidating the management of the Army and 

6 Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Ex7 change Service Command, and the Marine 

8 Corps exchanges and creating efficiencies to 

9 provide savings; 

10 ‘‘(J) of not less than $7,000,000,000 by 

11 postponing procurement of the Ground Combat 

12 Vehicle by the Army until at least 2023; 

13 ‘‘(K) of not less than $4,600,000,000 by 

14 establishing a unified medical command; 

15 ‘‘(L) of not less than $3,000,000,000 by 

16 delaying refurbishment of the Abrams tank for 

17 at least 3 years; 

18 ‘‘(M) of not less than $1,800,000,000 by 

19 reducing annual spending on all military bands 

20 to $200,000,000 for 10 years; 

21 ‘‘(N) of not less than $800,000,000 by re22 ducing the total number of general officers and 

23 flag officers; and 

24 ‘‘(O) of not less than $150,000,000,000 

25 through annual reductions in spending initiated 


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1 by the Department of Defense through reducing 

2 programs and activities which do not contribute 

3 significantly to military capability.’’. 

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