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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 cat-
egory and to provide for a reduced spending plan with 
respect to the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smarter Than Seques-
ter Defense Spending Reduction Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
Congress can keep the faith with those who have sac-
rificed for our Nation, avoid cuts that harm our strategic 
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posture, and still achieve spending reduction by imple-
menting targeted reforms instead of allowing haphazard 
spending cuts to happen through sequestration. 
SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF 251A SEQUESTER AND IMPLE-
MENTATION OF REDUCED SPENDING PLAN 
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) Notwithstanding the requirements of this 
section, an order by the President to carry out a se-
questration under paragraphs (7) or (8) with respect 
to the revised security category shall have no force 
or effect. 
‘‘(13) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Department of Defense shall formulate and 
implement a plan to reduce spending over the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act. Such plan shall include a reduction in 
spending— 
‘‘(A) of not less than $100,000,000,000 by 
adopting ‘sea swap’ policies relating to rotating 
crew for cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious 
ships; 
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‘‘(B) of not less than $53,000,000,000 by 
replacing the current 88,000 military personnel 
who perform clearly commercial-type activities 
at military bases with 62,000 local civilian con-
tractors instead, and reducing end strengths to 
reflect such replacement; 
‘‘(C) of not less than $52,500,000,000 by 
transferring 65,000 members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty to the National 
Guard and Reserve, respectively, and modifying 
the end strengths to reflect such transfer; 
‘‘(D) of not less than $52,000,000,000 by 
reducing total planned spending on ‘Other Pro-
curement’ by the Army, Navy, and Air Force; 
‘‘(E) of not less than $36,700,000,000 by 
reducing the number of Department of Defense 
civilian employee positions by 100,000 through 
retirement and voluntary attrition; 
‘‘(F) of not less than $20,000,000,000 by 
removing all Brigade Combat Teams and tac-
tical aircraft assets, as well as the personnel 
maintaining and supporting them, from Euro-
pean deployment; 
‘‘(G) of not less than $15,000,000,000 by 
reducing spending on contractor augmentees; 
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‘‘(H) of not less than $9,000,000,000 by 
reducing planned spending on experimental fuel 
procurement; 
‘‘(I) of not less than $7,100,000,000 by 
consolidating the management of the Army and 
Air Force Exchange Service, the Navy Ex-
change Service Command, and the Marine 
Corps exchanges and creating efficiencies to 
provide savings; 
‘‘(J) of not less than $7,000,000,000 by 
postponing procurement of the Ground Combat 
Vehicle by the Army until at least 2023; 
‘‘(K) of not less than $4,600,000,000 by 
establishing a unified medical command; 
‘‘(L) of not less than $3,000,000,000 by 
delaying refurbishment of the Abrams tank for 
at least 3 years; 
‘‘(M) of not less than $1,800,000,000 by 
reducing annual spending on all military bands 
to $200,000,000 for 10 years; 
‘‘(N) of not less than $800,000,000 by re-
ducing the total number of general officers and 
flag officers; and 
‘‘(O) of not less than $150,000,000,000 
through annual reductions in spending initiated 
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by the Department of Defense through reducing 
programs and activities which do not contribute 
significantly to military capability.’’. 
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