,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,paul introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide the ,secretary of
 ,defense with authority to transfer    
funds in order to mitigate the effects  
on the ,department of ,defense of a     
sequestration of funds available to the 
,department of ,defense1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,sequester
 ,flexibility ,act4  #b4 ,transfer      
authority for ,department of ,defense   
funds to mitigate the effects on the    
,department of ,defense of a            
sequestration of funds  7a7 ,authority  
,to transfer authorizations  7#a7       
,authority ,the ,secretary of ,defense  
may transfer amounts of authorizations  
made available to the ,department of    
,defense for a fiscal year between any  
such authorizations for that fiscal year

 7or any subdivisions thereof7 if the   
,secretary determines that the          
transfer--  7,a7 is necessary to        
mitigate the effects on the ,department 
of ,defense of a reduction in the       
discretionary spending limit or the     
sequestration of direct spending under  
section #bea;,a of the ,balanced ,budget
 and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act  
of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija;a7 or a     
sequestration under section #bea7;a77#a7
 of such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4             
#ija7;a77#a772 and  7,b7 is necessary in
 the national interest4  7#b7           
,limitation ,except as provided in      
paragraph 7#c71 the total amount of     
authorizations that the ,secretary may  
transfer under the authority of this    
section in a fiscal year may not exceed 
#ej1jjj1jjj1jjj4  7#c7 ,exception for   
transfers between military personnel    
authorizations ,a transfer of funds     
between military personnel              
authorizations shall not be counted     
toward the dollar limitation in         

paragraph 7#b74  7#d7 ,treatment of     
amounts transferred ,amounts of         
authorizations transferred pursuant to  
paragraph 7#a7 shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as   
the authorization to which transferred4 
7b7 ,limitations ,the authority provided
 by subsection 7a7 to transfer          
authorizations--  7#a7 may only be used 
to provide authority for items that have
 a higher priority than the items from  
which authority is transferred2  7#b7   
may not be used to provide authority for
 an item that has been denied           
authorization by ,congress2 and  7#c7   
may not reduce the amount authorized for
 the fiscal year concerned for an item  
by an amount in excess of the amount    
equal to #ej percent of the amount      
otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
for that fiscal year for that item4  7c7
 ,notice to ,congress ,the ,secretary of
 ,defense shall notify ,congress of each
 proposed use of the transfer authority 
in subsection 7a74  7d7 ,congressional  

disapproval ,a transfer may not occur   
under the authority in subsection 7a7 if
 ,congress enacts a joint resolution    
disapproving the transfer within the    
#cj-;day period beginning on the notice 
to ,congress of the transfer pursuant to
 subsection 7c74  7e7 ,effect on        
authorization amounts ,a transfer made  
from one account to another under the   
authority of this section shall be      
deemed to increase the amount authorized
 for the account to which the amount is 
transferred by an amount equal to the   
amount transferred4  7f7 ,construction  
of authority ,the authority to transfer 
funds under this section in addition to 
any other authority available to the    
,secretary of ,defense to transfer funds
 for the ,department of ,defense under  
any other provision of law4  7g7 ,sunset
 ,the authority to transfer funds under 
this section shall expire on ,september 
#cj1 #bjbc4