Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013

Bill: 113-s-444
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Buy American requirements
Caribbean area
Cemeteries and funerals
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chemical and biological weapons
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Detention of persons
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal appellate courts
Foreign aid and international relief
Germany
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Human rights
Idaho
Illinois
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iraq
Israel
Kuwait
Latin America
Lighting, heating, cooling
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minnesota
Montana
National Guard and reserves
Nevada
North Dakota
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Oregon
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
South Dakota
Terrorism
Veterans' medical care
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), including for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, environmental restoration, overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid, former Soviet Union cooperative threat reduction, and the DOD Acquisition Workforce Development Fund; (3) procurement, including for aircraft, missile, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and purchases under the Defense Production Act of 1950; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E); (5) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (6) the Defense Health Program; (7) chemical agents and munitions destruction; (8) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; (9) the Office of the Inspector General; (10) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (11) the Intelligence Community Management Account; and (12) overseas contingency operations and related activities, including military, reserve, and National Guard personnel, O&M, the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, procurement, RDT&E, and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 
 
Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds.
 
Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1093)
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate