Title: A bill to restore military priorities, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Restoring Military Priorities Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to restore certain funds that were transferred from various DOD accounts to be used for the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. The bill also reduces the amount of funding that DOD is permitted to transfer between certain appropriations accounts.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3339 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 431
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3339

        To restore military priorities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2020

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Jones, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tester, Mrs. 
  Feinstein, Mr. Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
Wyden, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Udall, Mr. Bennet, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
  Carper, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. 
  Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                           February 27, 2020

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
        To restore military priorities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Military Priorities Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF REPROGRAMMED FUNDS.

    All amounts transferred under the Department of Defense 
reprogramming action FY 20-01 RA, ``Support for DHS Counter-Drug 
Activity Reprogramming Action'', shall be restored to the appropriation 
accounts and the programs, projects, and activities for which such 
amounts were appropriated or otherwise made available by the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116-93).

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

    Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 
(division A of Public Law 116-93; ) is amended by striking 
``$4,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,798,000,000''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
              TERRORISM TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

    Section 9002 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 
(division A of Public Law 116-93; ) is amended by striking 
``$2,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$371,000,000''.
                                                       Calendar No. 431

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3339

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

        To restore military priorities, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 27, 2020

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar