I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1361 
To terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs of the Department 
of Defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2013 
Mr. KIND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs 
of 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 ‘‘Inefficient Defense 
Elimination Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OR RETIREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND 
SHIP PROGRAMS. 
(a) C–27J AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
PROCUREMENT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
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funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 
thereafter for the Department of Defense may be 
obligated or expended to procure C–27J aircraft. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CURRENT AIRCRAFT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, with respect 
to each C–27J aircraft being maintained by the Sec-
retary of Defense that was procured on or before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) make the aircraft available for sale to 
another department or agency of the Federal 
Government or the government of an ally of the 
United States; or 
(B) if the Secretary determines that the 
sale of an aircraft under subparagraph (A) is 
not appropriate, retire or dispose of the aircraft 
in a manner the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(b) GLOBAL HAWK AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
PROCUREMENT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year 
thereafter for the Department of Defense may be 
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obligated or expended to procure RQ–4 Block 30 
Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CURRENT AIRCRAFT.—Not-
withstanding section 154(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239) or any other provision of law, with respect 
to each RQ–4 Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned air-
craft system being maintained by the Secretary of 
Defense that was procured on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(A) make the aircraft available for sale to 
another department or agency of the Federal 
Government or the government of an ally of the 
United States; or 
(B) if the Secretary determines that the 
sale of an aircraft under subparagraph (A) is 
not appropriate, retire or dispose of the aircraft 
in a manner the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(c) AEGIS GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of De-
fense shall— 
(1) retire four Aegis guided missile cruisers 
during fiscal year 2014; and 
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