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HR 1134 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

Introduced: June 3, 2024 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
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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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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 20
Bowman, Jamaal
· Jun 3, 2024
 D
Lee, Summer L.
Pennsylvania · Jun 3, 2024
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2024
 D
Hoyle, Val T.
Oregon · Feb 5, 2024
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 30, 2023
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 10, 2023
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 10, 2023
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 5, 2023
 D
Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · May 5, 2023
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 17, 2023
 D
Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · Apr 17, 2023
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 21, 2023
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Mar 9, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Feb 21, 2023
Bush, Cori
· Feb 21, 2023
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 21, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 21, 2023
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 21, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1134: People Over Pentagon Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1134/
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"H.R. 1134: People Over Pentagon Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1134/.
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H.R. 1134, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1134/.
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