,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjac 
,ms4 ,hanabusa introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations1 and in   
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to grant the ,secretary of  
,defense the authority to transfer      
funding under a continuing resolution1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,on
 ,september #ad1 #bjaj1 ,secretary of   
,defense ,robert ,m4 ,gates outlined an 
efficiencies initiative relating to     
contracting for goods and services by   
the ,department of ,defense1 designed to
 save the ,department #ajj billion over 
the next five years4  7#b7 ,on ,january 
#bf1 #bjab1 ,secretary of ,defense ,leon

 ,panetta announced that the ,department
 of ,defense was on the path to save    
#bei billion over the next #e years and 
#dhg billion over the next #aj4         
,secretary ,panetta called the budget a 
balanced1 complete package that keeps   
the ,american military the preeminent   
force in the world4  7#c7 ,on ,february 
#ac1 #bjab1 ,assistant ,secretary of    
,defense ,ashton ,carter1 along with the
 ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff1 testified to 
the ,house ,armed ,services ,committee  
that1 if limitations on the transfer of 
funds were lifted in the ,continuing    
,appropriations ,resolution 7,public    
,law #aab-age71 significant shortfalls  
in the ,operations  ,maintenance        
accounts of their respective services   
could be alleviated4  #b4 ,report from  
,secretary of ,defense to ,congress  7a7
 ,in general ,not later than #cj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to the
 congressional defense committees a     
report containing the following3  7#a7  

,a detailed outline of--  7,a7 the      
efficiencies initiative announced by the
 ,secretary on ,september #ad1 #bjaj1   
relating to contracting for goods and   
services by the ,department of ,defense2
 and  7,b7 the budget initiate announced
 by the ,secretary on ,january #bf1     
#bjab4  7#b7 ,a detailed accounting of  
how the initiatives described in        
paragraph 7#a7 are being used to conform
 with the discretionary spending limit  
for the security category in fiscal year
 #bjac in section #bea7;c77#b77;,a7 of  
the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency    
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe4  7#c7  
,a detailed accounting of how the       
initiatives described in paragraph 7#a7 
will be used to conform with the        
discretionary spending limit for the    
security category for each of fiscal    
years #bjad through #bjba in section    
#bea7;c77#b7 of such ,act4  7b7         
,coordination ,for purposes of providing
 the information required under         
subsections 7a77#b7 and 7a77#c71 the    

,secretary shall coordinate with the    
heads of the other agencies covered by  
the security category4  #c4 ,transfer   
authority for ,department of ,defense   
under a continuing resolution  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,secretary may transfer    
amounts made available to the           
,department of ,defense by a continuing 
resolution among accounts of the        
,department of ,defense  7b7 ,limitation
 ,in the event of a transfer under      
subsection 7a71 the total amount in any 
account of the ,department of ,defense  
that is available for obligation in     
fiscal year #bjac may not exceed the    
amount authorized to be appropriated for
 the account for fiscal year #bjac by   
applicable provisions of the ,national  
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjac 7,public ,law #aab-bci74   
7c7 ,subsequent appropriations ,act ,in 
the event that a regular appropriations 
,act for the ,department of ,defense is 
enacted for fiscal year #bjac1 the      
transfer authority provided under this  

section shall have no force or effect4  
7d7 ,notice to ,congress ,not later than
 #ae days before any transfer under     
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
submit to the congressional defense     
committees a report setting forth a     
description of the transfer1 including  
the amount of the transfer and the      
accounts from and to which the funds    
were transferred4  7e7 ,transfer subject
 to notification requirements ,in       
addition to the notice required under   
subsection 7d71 a transfer under        
subsection 7a7 shall be subject to the  
applicable notification requirements for
 reprogramming in division ,a of ,public
 ,law #aab-gd4  #d4 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act--  7#a7 the term congressional
 defense committees has the meaning     
given that term in section #aja7;a77#af7
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code2   
7#b7 the term ,secretary means the      
,secretary of ,defense2 and  7#c7 the   
term security category has the meaning  
given that term in section              

#bej7;c77#d77;,b7 of the ,balanced      
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe4