S.Amdt. 5

1. Adds SEC. __. FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET SEQUESTER wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET SEQUESTER.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the budget sequester of the security category required by section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal year 2013 shall be implemented as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

   Inserted: (b) Report.--On the date of the commencement of the budget sequester described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to Congress detailing the reductions to discretionary appropriations in the security category required by this section.

   Inserted: SEC. __. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNDER CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND SEQUESTER CONSISTENT WITH AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED BY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--In the event in fiscal year 2013 of a sequester during funding for the Department of Defense by continuing resolution, the Secretary of Defense may transfer amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175) among accounts of the Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (b) Transfers Consistent With Amounts Authorized by PL 112-239.--In the event of any transfers under subsection (a), the total amount in any account of the Department of Defense that is available for obligation and expenditure in fiscal year 2013 may not exceed the amount authorized to be appropriated for that account for that fiscal year by applicable provisions of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239).

   Inserted: (c) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 15 days after any transfer under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a description of the transfer, including the amount of the transfer and the accounts from and to which the funds were transferred.

   Inserted: (d) Transfer Authority.--The transfer authority provided by subsection (a) is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.

   Inserted: (e) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "congressional defense committees" has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (2) The term "sequester during funding for the Department of Defense by continuing resolution" means the coming into effect of discretionary spending reductions under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 pursuant to section 251(a)(1) of that Act while funding for the Department of Defense is provided by section 101(a)(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013.

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