A bill to restore military priorities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3339
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-02-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Department of Homeland Security

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Executive agency funding and structure

Law enforcement administration and funding

Military operations and strategy
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 431.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Restoring Military Priorities Act of 2020</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to restore certain funds that were transferred from various DOD accounts to be used for the construction of a wall along the southern border of the United States. The bill also reduces the amount of funding that DOD is permitted to transfer between certain appropriations accounts. </p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 431 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3339 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2020 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Leahy , Mr. Reed , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Jones , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Tester , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Casey , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Warner , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Udall , Mr. Bennet , Ms. Klobuchar , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Carper , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Hirono , and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time February 27, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To restore military priorities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Military Priorities Act of 2020 . 2. Restoration of reprogrammed funds All amounts transferred under the Department of Defense reprogramming action FY 20-01 RA, Support for DHS Counter-Drug Activity Reprogramming Action , shall be restored to the appropriation accounts and the programs, projects, and activities for which such amounts were appropriated or otherwise made available by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–93 ). 3. Limitation on general transfer authority Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–93 ; ) is amended by striking $4,000,000,000 and inserting $1,798,000,000 . 4. Limitation on Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism transfer authority Section 9002 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–93 ; ) is amended by striking $2,000,000,000 and inserting $371,000,000 .

February 27, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar