To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on congressional increases to the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
Bill: H.R.8896 | Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa (D-MI)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit, at the same time the President submits the budget to Congress, a report containing specified elements on the programs and activities of DOD that received funding through the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2023 or the Defense Appropriations Act, FY2023, in an amount that exceeded the amount requested for the activity or program in the budget submitted by the President for FY2023.

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on 
congressional increases to the budget of the Department of Defense for 
               fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON CONGRESSIONAL INCREASES TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
              BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--At the same time that the President submits the 
budget to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the programs and 
activities of the Department of Defense for which a covered Act 
provided funding, through an authorization of appropriations or an 
appropriation, in an amount that exceeded the amount requested for such 
program or activity in the budget for the Department of Defense 
submitted to Congress by the President for fiscal year 2023.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following:
            (1) An identification of any program or activity funded 
        through a covered Act for which the budget for the Department 
        of Defense for fiscal year 2023 indicated--
                    (A) divestment, either entirely or in part; or
                    (B) a request for zero or for a reduced number of 
                units.
            (2) An identification of any program or activity funded 
        through a covered Act in an amount that exceeded the amount 
        requested in the budget for the Department of Defense for 
        fiscal year 2023 by $20,000,000 or more, and the total amount 
        of excess funding provided for such programs and activities 
        expressed as a percentage of the total amount of funding 
        provided for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023.
            (3) For each program or activity identified under paragraph 
        (1) or (2), an assessment of whether and how the program or 
        activity does or does not meet requirements in support of the 
        priorities articulated in the 2022 national defense strategy.
    (c) Public Availability.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be made publicly available on the website of the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Comptroller).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) The term ``covered Act'' means the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 or the Defense 
        Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2023.
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