[CPEO-MEF] Defense Streamlining Initiative

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@cpeo.org>]

[Below is the text of the Defense Streamlining Initiative that has been
reported on the listserve.  At this time we do not know if this
legislation will actually be submitted to the Senate (though that is the
rumor) or if that happens whether or not this text will be the final
version.  --Aimee]


SEC.___. DEFENSE STREAMLINING INITIATIVE.

        

(a)
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION.--The Secretary of
Defense may transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate a
proposed bill to strengthen the war readiness, effectiveness, efficiency
and economy of the Department of Defense.  The first section of the
bill shall state in its entirety "This bill is transmitted pursuant
to section____of Public Law ___-___."  with the blanks filled
in with the number of this section and the Public Law number of this
Act.

        

(b)
EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF THE
BILL.--The bill to which subsection (a) refers shall upon receipt
by the House of Representatives and the Senate be deemed to have been
introduced, shall immediately be assigned a bill number, shall
immediately be referred to the Committee on Armed Services in each house,
and shall thereafter be considered in accordance with the procedures
contained in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public
Law 98-473), except that--

        

(1)
references in such paragraphs to a resolution or a joint resolution shall
be deemed to be references to the bill to which subsection (a)
refers;

        

(2)
references in such paragraphs to Committees on Appropriations shall be
deemed to be references to the Committees on Armed Services; and

        

(3)
references in such paragraphs to the eighth day and to fifteen calendar
days shall be deemed to be references to the fifth and to five calendar
days respectively.

        

(c)
CONGRESSIONAL RULEMAKING.--Subsection (b) is
enacted--

        

(1) as
exercises of the rulemaking powers of the House of Representatives and
the Senate respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the Rules
of the House and the Rules of the Senate, respectively, but applicable
only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the House of
Representatives and the Senate in the case of the bill, and they
supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with
such rules; and

        

(2) with
full recognition of the constitutional right of the House and the Senate
to change their rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same
extent as in the case of any other rule of the House or Senate.

Please note new phone number and address below.

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Aimee R. Houghton                                 

Associate Director, CPEO

1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC  20036

tel: 202-452-8039; fax: 202-452-8095

Email: aimeeh@cpeo.org

www.cpeo.org

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