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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 810 
To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under 
a continuing resolution, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 
Ms. HANABUSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer 
funding under a continuing resolution, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On September 14, 2010, Secretary of De-
fense Robert M. Gates outlined an efficiencies initia-
tive relating to contracting for goods and services by 
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the Department of Defense, designed to save the De-
partment $100 billion over the next five years. 
(2) On January 26, 2012, Secretary of Defense 
Leon Panetta announced that the Department of 
Defense was on the path to save $259 billion over 
the next 5 years and $487 billion over the next 10. 
Secretary Panetta called the budget ‘‘a balanced, 
complete package’’ that keeps the American military 
the preeminent force in the world. 
(3) On February 13, 2012, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense Ashton Carter, along with the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, testified to the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee that, if limitations on the transfer of 
funds were lifted in the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution (Public Law 112–175), significant short-
falls in the Operations & Maintenance accounts of 
their respective services could be alleviated. 
SEC. 2. REPORT FROM SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO CON-
GRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining the following: 
(1) A detailed outline of— 
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(A) the efficiencies initiative announced by 
the Secretary on September 14, 2010, relating 
to contracting for goods and services by the De-
partment of Defense; and 
(B) the budget initiate announced by the 
Secretary on January 26, 2012. 
(2) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives 
described in paragraph (1) are being used to con-
form with the discretionary spending limit for the 
security category in fiscal year 2013 in section 
251(c)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(3) A detailed accounting of how the initiatives 
described in paragraph (1) will be used to conform 
with the discretionary spending limit for the security 
category for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2021 
in section 251(c)(2) of such Act. 
(b) COORDINATION.—For purposes of providing the 
information required under subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), 
the Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of the other 
agencies covered by the security category. 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE UNDER A CONTINUING RESOLUTION. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may transfer 
amounts made available to the Department of Defense by 
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a continuing resolution among accounts of the Depart-
ment of Defense 
(b) LIMITATION.—In the event of a transfer under 
subsection (a), the total amount in any account of the De-
partment of Defense that is available for obligation in fis-
cal year 2013 may not exceed the amount authorized to 
be appropriated for the account for fiscal year 2013 by 
applicable provisions of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239). 
(c) SUBSEQUENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT.—In the 
event that a regular appropriations Act for the Depart-
ment of Defense is enacted for fiscal year 2013, the trans-
fer authority provided under this section shall have no 
force or effect. 
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 15 days 
before any transfer under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port setting forth a description of the transfer, including 
the amount of the transfer and the accounts from and to 
which the funds were transferred. 
(e) TRANSFER SUBJECT TO NOTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to the notice required under sub-
section (d), a transfer under subsection (a) shall be subject 
to the applicable notification requirements for reprogram-
ming in division A of Public Law 112–74. 
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SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Defense; and 
(3) the term ‘‘security category’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 250(c)(4)(B) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
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