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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6522 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a certain study 
by the Defense Business Board regarding potential cost savings in the 
Department of Defense and to provide for expedited consideration of 
legislation to implement such cost savings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Mr. SCHRADER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
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 direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 
a certain study by the Defense Business Board regarding 
potential cost savings in the Department of Defense and 
to provide for expedited consideration of legislation to 
implement such cost savings. 
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 ‘‘Public Release and 
Implementation of Department of Defense Overhead Cost 
Savings Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the 
covered study and any supporting information used by the 
Defense Business Board to conduct such study. 
(b) PUBLIC RELEASE.—Pursuant to section 122a of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary shall ensure 
that the covered study is made publicly available. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(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 ‘‘covered study’’ means the study 
conducted by the Defense Business Board titled 
‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core Busi-
ness Processes for Revolutionary Change’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION TO 
IMPLEMENT STUDY. 
(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘qualifying legislation’’ means a bill or 
joint resolution of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate— 
(1) that is introduced by the Chairman or rank-
ing member of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives, the Chairman or 
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ranking member of the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the 
House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of 
the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate; 
(2) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘To imple-
ment cost savings in the Department of Defense as 
identified by the Defense Business Board.’’; and 
(3) consists solely of the following provisions: 
(A) Provisions that allow for a short title, 
findings, or other text that does not affect the 
authority or responsibility of the President or a 
department or agency of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(B) Provisions that implement not less 
than 80 percent of the cost savings in the De-
partment of Defense as identified by the De-
fense Business Board in the study titled 
‘‘Transforming Department of Defense’s Core 
Business Processes for Revolutionary Change’’ 
and submitted to Congress pursuant to section 
2. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legisla-
tion that is introduced in the House of Representa-
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