S.Amdt. 1603
What it does: Adds SEC. 1073. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 SPENDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle G of title X
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1073. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 SPENDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle G of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) The Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: SEC. 1073. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 SPENDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The Department of Defense is under increasing budgetary pressure with the exponential rise in costs of weapon systems and personnel entitlements.
Inserted: (2) Military departments in the Department of Defense are punished if they do not deplete all funds in their organizational accounts by the end of the fiscal year through a reduction in the allocation to such accounts for the next fiscal year.
Inserted: (3) The end-of-year spending spree by military departments using "fallout" funds is executed in a condensed time frame that leads to wasteful spending practices and the purchase of unnecessary equipment and supplies.
Inserted: (b) Review of Spending by the Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall conduct a review of the obligation and expenditure by the Department of Defense of amounts appropriated to the Department for fiscal year 2009, with particular focus on the obligation and expenditure of such amounts near the end of the fiscal year to determine if policies with respect to spending by the Department contribute to hastened spending and poor use or waste of taxpayer dollars.
Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than the earlier of March 30, 2010, or the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing--
Inserted: (1) the results of the review conducted under subsection (b); and
Inserted: (2) any recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect to improving the policies pursuant to which amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense are obligated and expended.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
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SA 1603. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1073. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 SPENDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Department of Defense is under increasing budgetary pressure with the exponential rise in costs of weapon systems and personnel entitlements.
(2) Military departments in the Department of Defense are punished if they do not deplete all funds in their organizational accounts by the end of the fiscal year through a reduction in the allocation to such accounts for the next fiscal year.
(3) The end-of-year spending spree by military departments using “fallout” funds is executed in a condensed time frame that leads to wasteful spending practices and the purchase of unnecessary equipment and supplies.
(b) Review of Spending by the Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall conduct a review of the obligation and expenditure by the Department of Defense of amounts appropriated to the Department for fiscal year 2009, with particular focus on the obligation and expenditure of such amounts near the end of the fiscal year to determine if policies with respect to spending by the Department contribute to hastened spending and poor use or waste of taxpayer dollars.
(c) Report.--Not later than the earlier of March 30, 2010, or the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing--
(1) the results of the review conducted under subsection (b); and
(2) any recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect to improving the policies pursuant to which amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense are obligated and expended.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 16, 2009