National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Bill: 112-s-981
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2011-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Afghanistan
Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Aviation and airports
Building construction
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
Employee leave
Energy efficiency and conservation
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iraq
Jurisdiction and venue
Land transfers
Maine
Marine and inland water transportation
Medical education
Mental health
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military civil functions
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military law
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mississippi
National Guard and reserves
Northern Mariana Islands
Nuclear weapons
Public-private cooperation
Religion
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rule of law and government transparency
Sex offenses
Space flight and exploration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Terrorism
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2012 for: (1) procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement; (2) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (3) purchases under the Defense Production Act of 1950; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; (5) operation and maintenance; (6) active and reserve military personnel; (7) Working Capital Funds; (8) the National Defense Sealift Fund; (9) the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund (established under this Act); (10) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (11) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (12) the Defense Inspector General; (13) the Defense Health Program; (14) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; (15) overseas contingency operations; (16) chemical demilitarization construction; (17) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (18) Guard and reserve forces facilities; and (19) base closure and realignment activities.
 
Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military personnel policy, including education and training and military justice; (2) military pay and allowances; (3) military health care; (4) acquisition policy and management; (5) DOD organization and management, including intelligence-related matters; (6) financial matters; (7) civilian personnel matters; (8) matters relating to foreign nations; (9) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (10) reductions in DOD and Department of Energy (DOE) defense-related reporting requirements.
 
Establishes in each of the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and National Guard a Reserve Component Technician Program.
 
Revises and expands Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) provisions concerning offenses relating to rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out a Troops-to-Teachers program.
 
Consolidates and revises certain DOD travel and transportation authorities and allowances.
 
Provides for commercial space launch cooperation between DOD, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the private sector.
 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for military construction for the Armed Forces and defense agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2947)
action_date: 2011-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate