To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

Bill: 113-hr-1481
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2013-04-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Military operations and strategy

Military procurement, research, weapons development
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the Secretary of Defense, in order to carry out the prohibition against the use of FY2013 Department of Defense (DOD) funds for the medium extended air defense system (MEADS) as contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013, to reprogram any such funds to other missile defense programs and projects not part of MEADS. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress within 15 days after such reprogramming.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1481 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2013 Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Turner , Ms. Tsongas , and Mr. Coffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to reprogram amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.

1. Reprogramming of amounts for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (a) Reprogramming required (1) In general To carry out section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 1674), the Secretary of Defense shall reprogram fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds to other missile defense programs and projects that are not part of the Medium Extended Air Defense System. (2) Report Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Secretary reprograms fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing such reprogramming. (b) Fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds defined In this section, the term fiscal year 2013 MEADS funds means the $380,900,000 appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV of division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6) under the heading Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.