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110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2462
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 12, 2007
Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Obama) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Limitation on Furloughs of Employees of the Department of Defense
Definitions
In this Act:
Employee
The term employee—
has the meaning given under section 7511(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
includes a member of the Senior Executive Service.
Furlough
The term furlough—
has the meaning given under section 7511(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code; and
with respect to a member of the Senior Executive Service, has the meaning given under section 3595a(a) of title 5, United States Code.
Limitation on Furloughs
Before the Secretary of Defense may furlough employees of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend all nonessential service contracts entered into by the Department of Defense as are necessary to make up for the lack of funds.
Transfer of funds
The Secretary of Defense shall transfer an amount equal to payments not required to be made by the United States by reason of the suspension of contracts under subsection (b) from the applicable appropriations accounts used for making such payments into the applicable appropriations accounts for the salaries and expenses of employees.
Use of transferred funds
Amounts transferred into appropriations accounts under subsection (c) may be used for authorized purposes of those accounts to prevent the furlough of employees on the basis of a lack of funds.
Effective date
This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2008.