Department of Defense Waste Reduction Act

Bill: 115-hr-2367
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Department of Defense Waste Reduction Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the appropriation to the Department of Defense (DOD) of supplemental funds for FY2017 or funds for FY2018 if the total for such fiscal year exceeds the amount authorized to be appropriated for DOD by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017, unless: (1) DOD certifies to the congressional defense committees that it has evaluated and is implementing each recommendation for DOD cost savings contained in the Defense Business Board study titled &quot;Transforming Department of Defense's Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change&quot;; or (2) if DOD is unable to make such certification, it submits a report explaining why it is not implementing any such recommendation and 30 days elapse following the report's submission.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 4, 2017 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To limit the amount of authorization of appropriations for the Department of Defense unless the Secretary of Defense implements cost-saving recommendations contained in a certain study by the Defense Business Board, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Waste Reduction Act . 2. Implementation of cost-saving recommendations (a) Limitation on total amounts for Department of Defense There may not be appropriated to the Department of Defense supplemental funds for fiscal year 2017 or funds for fiscal year 2018 if the total amount of funds for the Department for such respective fiscal year exceed the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ) unless— (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary— (A) has evaluated each recommendation for cost savings in the Department of Defense contained in the study conducted by the Defense Business Board titled Transforming Department of Defense’s Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change ; and (B) is implementing each such recommendation; or (2) if the Secretary is unable to make the certification under paragraph (1)— (A) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report explaining why the Secretary is not implementing any such recommendation; and (B) a period of 30 days elapses following the submission of such report. (b) Congressional defense committees defined In this section, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.