HR 413 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Defense and Deficit Reduction Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Fortney Pete Stark D-CA

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 25, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Defense and Deficit Reduction Act - Prohibits the aggregate funds appropriated or otherwise made available for military functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD) from exceeding: (1) in the case of FY2011, the aggregate for FY2008; and (2) in the case of FY2012-FY2016, the aggregate for the previous fiscal year.

Excludes military personnel pay and benefits in the determination of such aggregate funds.

Requires all resulting savings to be used for deficit reduction.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2011 to Jan 17, 2012.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Jan 26, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Jan 26, 2011
D-CO	Jared Polis	Jan 26, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Feb 8, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Feb 8, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Feb 8, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Feb 8, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Feb 8, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Feb 8, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Feb 8, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr	Feb 8, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Feb 9, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Feb 11, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Feb 11, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Feb 14, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Feb 15, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Jan 17, 2012
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Jan 17, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jan 25, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House
Jan 25, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E106)
Jan 25, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E106, H451	Fortney Pete Stark D-CA	Jan 25, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives (Article I, Section 1). The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H470.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3638	Act for the 99%	Related bill	Feb 9, 2012

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To reduce the budget of the Department of Defense to the level provided for fiscal year 2008 and to freeze the budget at such level through fiscal year 2016.
Short Titles as Introduced: Defense and Deficit Reduction Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House

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