S.Amdt. 2149

SA 2149. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. TRANSFER AUTHORITY APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN DEFENSE
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 322 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``Sec. 4274. Transfer authority applicable to certain defense
acquisition programs

``(a) In General.--For a period of up to three years after
Milestone B approval or entry into a Middle Tier of
Acquisition or Software Acquisition Pathway for a defense
acquisition program, the Secretary of Defense may transfer in
any fiscal year, in an amount not to exceed applicable
standards for below-threshold reprogramming, amounts made
available for research, development, test, and evaluation for
such program for that fiscal year to amounts made available
for procurement for the program for such fiscal year. The
authority provided under this subsection is in addition to
any other transfer authority available to the Department of
Defense.
``(b) Notification Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense
shall notify the Congress within 30 days of a transfer made
pursuant to the authority provided under subsection (a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter IV of chapter 322 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 4273 the following new item:

``4274. Transfer authority applicable to certain defense acquisition
programs.''.
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