,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,cornyn introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the 
,secretary of ,defense to eliminate any 
internal ,department of ,defense        
depreciated costs or cancel any internal
 ,department debts associated with      
depots and arsenal from accounts of a   
military department or the ,department  
that are associated with certain capital
 expenditures that no longer generate   
revenue due to mission changes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,defense ,expenditure ,planning for 
,optimizing ,throughput and ,sustainment
 ,act of #bjbf or the ,,depots ,act4    
#b4 ,capital expenditure write-offs for 
,department of ,defense depots and      
arsenals  7a7 ,write-offs  7#a7 ,in     
general ,with respect to any depot or   
arsenal of the ,department of ,defense1 

the ,secretary of ,defense may write-off
 or eliminate any internal ,department  
accounting charges1 such as remaining   
depreciation or internal debt from an   
account of a military department or the 
,department associated with capital     
assets that do not generate revenue due 
to mission realignments directed by the 
,federal ,government4  7#b7 ,recovery of
 outlays ,write-offs under paragraph    
7#a7 shall be done in a manner than     
ensures any previous cash outlay from a 
revolving fund is recovered4  7#c7      
,application of authority ,the authority
 under paragraph 7#a7 applies only to   
financial balances within the accounts  
of a military department or the         
,department of ,defense1 not to payments
 owed to commercial contractors4  7b7   
,delegation ,the ,secretary may delegate
 the authority under subsection 7a7 to  
the ,secretary of a military department4