S. 1021: A bill to limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction costs.
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S. 1021: A bill to limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction costs.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-18 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction costs.
Plain summary
Limits the amount that may be expended by the Department of Defense (DOD) in any fiscal year for printing and reproduction costs after FY2011. Rescinds a specified amount from amounts made available for the DOD for FY2011. Allocates such rescinded amounts across Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and defense-wide operation and maintenance accounts. Requires the Secretary of DOD to report to Congress on the allocation of such rescission. Requires certain DOD reports that are required by law that do not contain information that should not be made available to the public in the interest of national security to be distributed electronically in order to reduce printing and reproduction costs.
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Official text
A bill to limit the amount expended by the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction costs.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1021.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1021 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112