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sequester cuts must be applied in equal percentages to each pro- gram, project and activity.” The Secretary identified that figure as 23 percent, cutting all DoD programs by nearly one-fourth from FY13 to FY23.
SENATE APPROVES REVISED FY12 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT On Dec. 1, 2011, the Senate approved S. 1867, the FY12 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Six days of debate resulted in a compromise on language regarding the military’s role in apprehending, detaining, and trying terrorism suspects. The bill then moved to conference with the House of Represen- tatives, which passed its version of the FY12 NDAA (HR 1540) on May 26, 2011. Conferees from the SASC and HASC will meet in private to negotiate a compromise bill and conference report for final House and Senate passage. Both the House and Senate versions of the bill prompted veto threats from the Presi- dent, for different reasons.
After the SASC marked up the FY12 NDAA in June, the Obama administration expressed its opposition to certain provisions in the bill (then-numbered S. 1253) that gave DoD authority to detain terrorism suspects within the United States, potentially including American citizens. The SASC-passed bill also man- dated military custody and trials for al-Qaida members, a result of Senate opposition to the White House’s decision to try Somali terror suspect Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame in federal court in New York rather than in a military tribunal.
The FY12 NDAA pr the S
The FY12 NDAA provisions on detainees were opposed in the Senate by a unique combination of liberal Democrats and
a unique combination of liberal Democrats and
libertarian Republicans, led by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Rand Paul (R-KY). On Dec 1, SASC Chairman Levin worked out a compromise amendment with Feinstein to make clear that none of the detainee language in the bill would alter current law. “I have argued on this floor that there’s nothing in our bill, nothing, which changes the rights of United States citizens,” said Levin. “There was no intent to do [that].”
Senators filed 381 amendments to S. 1867, many of which were dropped, ruled out of order, or adopted by unanimous consent. One amendment, co-sponsored by 11 SASC members, would “bolster the detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts.” The amendment was the direct result of a Nov. 8 SASC hearing on counterfeit electronics within the DoD supply chain. The language requires contractors to replace counterfeit elec- tronic parts in systems they produce and to notify DoD whenever counterfeit parts are discovered.
FY12 NDAA RESOURCES Senate Armed Services Committee-approved revised bill text (S. 1867):
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1867pcs/pdf/ BILLS-112s1867pcs.pdf
Senate Armed Services Committee report on the previous version of the bill (S. 1253):
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112srpt26/pdf/CRPT- 112srpt26.pdf
Veto threat on S. 1867:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legisla- tive/sap/112/saps1867s_20111117.pdf
House-approved bill text (HR 1540):
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540eh/pdf/ BILLS-112hr1540eh.pdf
House Armed Services Committee report:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112hrpt78/pdf/ CRPT-112hrpt78.pdf
Veto threat on HR 1540:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legisla- tive/sap/112/saphr1540r_20110524.pdf
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