People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1134 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1134

 To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
        of Defense for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

  Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. 
 Bush, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jayapal, 
Ms. Omar, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
        of Defense for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``People Over Pentagon Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) many of the most urgent threats to the national 
        security of the United States are not military in nature;
            (2) the Federal budget should reflect the national 
        priorities of the United States; and
            (3) in order to better protect the security of all people 
        and address the national priorities of the United States, the 
        budget of the Department of Defense should be reduced and the 
        associated savings should be reallocated.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

    (a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for 2024 is--
            (1) the aggregate amount appropriated for the Department of 
        Defense for fiscal year 2023 in division C of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-103), reduced by
            (2) $100,000,000,000.
    (b) Funding for Certain Accounts.--The amount authorized to be 
appropriated for each of the following accounts of the Department of 
Defense shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated for such 
account for fiscal year 2024:
            (1) The Defense Health Program.
            (2) Each military personnel account.
            (3) Each account providing for pay and benefits for persons 
        appointed into the civil service as defined in section 2101 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Application of Funding Cuts.--In reducing funding for 
Department of Defense programs in accordance with subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall take into consideration the findings and 
recommendations contained in the Congressional Budget Office report 
entitled ``Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller 
Defense Budget'' and dated October 2021.
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