S. 444: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013

Introduced:
Mar 04, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Mar 04, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 04, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed Senate ...
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Prognosis

29% chance of getting past committee.
6% chance of being enacted.

Only 12% of Senate bills made it past committee and only 2% were enacted in 2011–2013. [ methodology]

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Full Title

A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Mar 04, 2013.
147 pages

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3/4/2013--Introduced.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for:
(1) military personnel;
(2) operation and maintenance (O&M), including for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, environmental restoration, overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid, former Soviet Union cooperative threat reduction, and the DOD Acquisition Workforce Development Fund;
(3) procurement, including for aircraft, missile, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and purchases under the Defense Production Act of 1950;
(4) research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E);
(5) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund;
(6) the Defense Health Program;
(7) chemical agents and munitions destruction;
(8) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities;
(9) the Office of the Inspector General;
(10) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund;
(11) the Intelligence Community Management Account; and
(12) overseas contingency operations and related activities, including military, reserve, and National Guard personnel, O&M, the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, procurement, RDT&E, and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds.
Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts.

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  • 108 Stat. 4792
  • 110 Stat. 3009-111
  • 112 Stat. 2681-822

Other Citations

  • 5 U.S.C. Chapter 89
  • 10 U.S.C. Chapter 20
  • 10 U.S.C. Chapter 20
  • 41 U.S.C. Chapter 83