H.R. 810: To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a detailed outline of, and accounting under the discretionary spending limit for: (1) the efficiencies relating to Department of Defense (DOD) contracting for goods and services, and (2) the DOD budget initiate. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts made available by a continuing resolution among DOD accounts. Prohibits the amount transferred to any account from exceeding that authorized for such account by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Makes such transfer authority inapplicable in the event a regular appropriations Act for DOD is enacted for FY2013. Requires 15 days' advance notification to such committees prior to any such transfer.

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Official text

To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1] · 3 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Continuing resolution: A temporary law that keeps government agencies funded, usually at the previous year's levels, when the regular yearly spending bills are not finished by the start of the fiscal year.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr810.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr810 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113