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HR 1134 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

Introduced: February 21, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Feb 21, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

This bill requires the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2024 to be $100 billion below the FY2023 funding level.

In implementing the funding reductions, DOD must consider the recommendations in the Congressional Budget Office report titled Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget (October 2021).

The bill also excludes the following DOD accounts from the reductions: (1) the Defense Health Program, (2) military personnel accounts, and (3) civil service pay and benefit accounts.

What's happening now February 21, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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