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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1323 
To require the President to recommend specific reductions in nonsecurity 
discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to offset the costs of 
military operations in Libya. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2011 
Mr. BARTLETT (for himself, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. JONES, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
PAUL, and Mr. MCKEON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the President to recommend specific reductions 
in nonsecurity discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 
2011 to offset the costs of military operations in Libya. 
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 ‘‘Protect America from 
U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN FY2011 NONSECURITY FUNDING TO 
OFFSET COSTS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN 
LIBYA. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 
than July 1, 2011, to ensure that the cost of military oper-
ations in Libya does not increase the Federal deficit or 
reduce the capability of the United States Armed Forces, 
the President shall submit to the Congress a list of rec-
ommendations for specific rescissions of nonsecurity dis-
cretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011, for reap-
propriation to accounts of the Department of Defense to 
replace the amounts obligated for such operations for such 
fiscal year. 
(b) MINIMUM
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT
OF
REC-
OMMENDED RESCISSIONS.—The aggregate amount of the 
rescissions recommended under subsection (a) shall be not 
less than the projected cost determined under subsection 
(c). 
(c) PROJECTION
OF COST
OF MILITARY OPER-
ATIONS.—Not later than June 1, 2011, the Secretary of 
Defense shall determine and submit to the Congress and 
the President a report containing the projected cost to the 
United States of military operations in Libya for fiscal 
year 2011, based on the cost of such operations through 
May 15, 2011. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘nonsecurity discretionary appro-
priations’’ means discretionary appropriations other 
than appropriations made available for an account, 
program, project, or activity of the Department of 
Defense, Department of Homeland Security, or De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
(2) The term ‘‘military operations in Libya’’ in-
cludes the military operations in Libya designated by 
the United States as Operation Odyssey Dawn and 
by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as Oper-
ation Unified Protector. 
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