Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6229
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Budget process

Department of Defense
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President's annual budget to include any funds for an Air Force pass-through item in the Defense-wide budget of the Department of Defense (DOD) rather than in the Air Force budget. </p> <p>An <i>Air Force pass-through item </i>is a program, project, or activity for which (1) funds would otherwise be requested for the Air Force; and (2) funds made available for execution will be executed by another department, agency, or element of DOD. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6229 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2020 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Fortenberry , and Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To improve the transparency of the budget of the Air Force.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Air Force Budget Transparency Act of 2020 . 2. Inclusion of funds for Air Force pass-through items in Defense-wide budget for the Department of Defense (a) In general In any budget of the President submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2020, any funds for an Air Force pass-through item shall be requested in the Defense-wide budget of the Department of Defense rather than the budget of the Air Force. (b) Air force pass-Through item defined In this section, the term Air Force pass-through item means a program, project, or activity for which— (1) funds would otherwise be requested for the Air Force; and (2) funds made available for execution will be executed by another department, agency, or element of the Department of Defense.