To prohibit the use of funds for acquiring for inventories of the Department of Defense property in excess of the requirements for the inventories.
What it does: Adds SEC. 313. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT on page 44, between lines 18 and 19
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)Adds SEC. 313. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT on page 44, between lines 18 and 19
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 313. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT.
Inserted: (a) Limitation on Purchase of Excess Inventory.--(1) Subject to paragraph (4), no funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for purchasing items for a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense that would exceed the requirement objectives for that inventory of such items.
Inserted: (2) The Secretary of Defense shall, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, review all pending orders for the purchase of items for a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense in excess of the applicable requirement objectives for the inventory of such items, and shall ensure compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to such items.
Inserted: (3) The Secretary shall, within 30 days after the date on which a requirement objective for an item in a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense is reduced, review all pending orders for the purchase of that item and ensure compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to that item.
Inserted: (4) The Secretary may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) in the case of an order for the purchase of an item upon determining and executing a certification that compliance with the limitation in such case--
Inserted: (A) would not result in significant savings; or
Inserted: (B) would harm a national security interest of the United States.
Inserted: (b) Reduction of Excess Inventory.--(1) No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended after March 31, 2004, to maintain or store an inventory of items for the Department of Defense that exceeds the approved acquisition objectives for such inventory of items unless the Secretary of Defense determines that disposal of the excess inventory--
Inserted: (A) would not result in significant savings; or
Inserted: (B) would harm a national security interest of the United States.
Inserted: (2) Not later than January 1, 2004, the Secretary shall establish consistent standards and procedures, applicable throughout the Department of Defense, for ensuring compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1).
Inserted: (c) Report on Inventory Management.--(1) Not later than March 31, 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on--
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Inserted: (A) the administration of this section; and
Inserted: (B) the implementation of all recommendations of the Comptroller General for Department of Defense inventory management that the Comptroller General determines are not fully implemented.
Inserted: (2) The Comptroller General shall review the report submitted under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress any comments on the report that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
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On page 44, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
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SA 774. Mr. HARKIN proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1050, to authorize for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 44, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
SEC. 313. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT.
(a) Limitation on Purchase of Excess Inventory.--(1) Subject to paragraph (4), no funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for purchasing items for a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense that would exceed the requirement objectives for that inventory of such items.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, review all pending orders for the purchase of items for a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense in excess of the applicable requirement objectives for the inventory of such items, and shall ensure compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to such items.
(3) The Secretary shall, within 30 days after the date on which a requirement objective for an item in a secondary inventory of the Department of Defense is reduced, review all pending orders for the purchase of that item and ensure compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to that item.
(4) The Secretary may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) in the case of an order for the purchase of an item upon determining and executing a certification that compliance with the limitation in such case--
(A) would not result in significant savings; or
(B) would harm a national security interest of the United States.
(b) Reduction of Excess Inventory.--(1) No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended after March 31, 2004, to maintain or store an inventory of items for the Department of Defense that exceeds the approved acquisition objectives for such inventory of items unless the Secretary of Defense determines that disposal of the excess inventory--
(A) would not result in significant savings; or
(B) would harm a national security interest of the United States.
(2) Not later than January 1, 2004, the Secretary shall establish consistent standards and procedures, applicable throughout the Department of Defense, for ensuring compliance with the limitation in paragraph (1).
(c) Report on Inventory Management.--(1) Not later than March 31, 2004, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on--
(A) the administration of this section; and
(B) the implementation of all recommendations of the Comptroller General for Department of Defense inventory management that the Comptroller General determines are not fully implemented.
(2) The Comptroller General shall review the report submitted under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress any comments on the report that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2003
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Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2003
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 774 proposed by Senator Harkin.(consideration: CR S6815-6818; text: CR S6815-6816)
May 21, 2003
Amendment SA 774 proposed by Senator Harkin. (consideration: CR S6815-6818; text: CR S6815-6816) To prohibit the use of funds for acquiring for inventories of the Department of Defense property in excess of the requirements for the inventories.
May 21, 2003
Proposed amendment SA 774 withdrawn in Senate.
May 21, 2003