Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act
Latest action · Mar 2, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) submit to specified congressional committees the Defense Business Board study entitled "Transforming Department of Defense's Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change" and any supporting information used by the board to conduct such study, and (2) make such study publicly available.
The bill sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of legislation to implement at least 80% of the DOD cost savings identified in such study.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2017 to Feb 27, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 2, 2017 |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 10, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Feb 27, 2018 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 2, 2017 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 2, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 2, 2017Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 37, March 2, 2017, page H1531.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6522 | Public Release and Implementation of Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 8, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a certain study by the Defense Business Board regarding potential cost savings in the Department of Defense and to provide for expedited consideration of legislation to implement such cost savings.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Defense Overhead Cost Savings and Transparency 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.
- Mar 2, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
