,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #d1 #bjag,mr4   
,de,saulnier introduced the following   
bill2 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 ,board1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,department of      
,defense ,waste ,reduction ,act4  #b4   
,implementation of cost-saving          
recommendations  7a7 ,limitation on     
total amounts for ,department of        
,defense ,there may not be appropriated 
to the ,department of ,defense          
supplemental funds for fiscal year #bjag
 or funds for fiscal year #bjah 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   
#bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh7 unless--  
7#a7 the ,secretary of ,defense         
certifies to the congressional defense  
committees that the ,secretary-- 7,a7   
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 ,change2 and  7,b7  
is implementing each such               
recommendation2 or  7#b7 if the         
,secretary is unable to make the        
certification under paragraph 7#a7--    
7,a7 the ,secretary submits to the      
congressional defense committees a      
report explaining why the ,secretary is 
not implementing any such               
recommendation2 and  7,b7 a period of   
#cj days elapses following the          

submission of such report4  7b7         
,congressional defense committees       
defined ,in this section1 the term      
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given that term in section     
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code4