S.Amdt. 4109

SA 4109. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1004. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
MECHANISMS TO ELIMINATE EXCESSIVE AND
UNNECESSARY END-OF-FISCAL YEAR SPENDING.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth recommendations for mechanisms to reduce or
eliminate excessive spending by the Department of Defense in
September as a means of ensuring that future fiscal year
appropriations are not reduced for lack of use of current
budgetary resources. The recommendations shall include
recommendations on the following:
(1) Mechanisms to enhance flexibility in spending by the
Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, and by tactical units of
the Armed Forces, with respect to end-of-fiscal-year
obligations.
(2) Mechanisms to encourage long-term savings and more
efficient spending practices.
(3) Such other mechanisms as the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
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