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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…

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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.

Introduced: December 12, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15251)
Dec 12, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15250-15251)
Dec 12, 2007
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Defense, before furloughing Department of Defense (DOD) employees on the basis of a lack of funds, to suspend all nonessential DOD service contracts as necessary to make up for the lack of funds. Applies this Act to FY2008.

What's happening now December 12, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15251)

 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Dec 14, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2462: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2462/
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"S. 2462: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2462/.
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S. 2462, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2462/.
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[S. 2462: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2462/)
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