| H.R. 5856—Department Of Defense Appropriations Act |
July 17, 2012 |
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Betty McCollum, D-MN
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"Earlier this year on H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, the House approved an amendment I offered to limit spending on “military musical units.” The amendment stated, “Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act for military musical units (as such term is defined in section 974 of title 10, United States Code) may not exceed $200,000,000.”"
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| Intelligence Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012 |
September 9, 2011 |
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Rush Holt, D-NJ
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"(a) Director of National Security Agency.—Section 2 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended— (1) by inserting “(b)” before “There”; and (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so designated by paragraph (1), the following new subsection “(a)(1) There is a Director of the National Security Agency. “(2) The Director of the National Security Agency shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. “(3) The Director of the National Security Agency shall be the head of the National Security Agency and shall discharge such functions and duties as are provided by this Act or otherwise by law.”. (b) Positions of Importance and Responsibility.—The President may designate the Director of the National Security Agency as a position of importance and responsibility under section 601 of title 10, United States Code. (c) Effective Date and Applicability.— (1) In general.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply upon the earlier of— (A) the date of the nomination by the President of an individual to serve as the Director of the National Security Agency, except that the individual serving as such Director as of the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to perform such duties after such date of nomination and until the individual appointed as such Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, assumes the duties of such Director; or (B) the date of the cessation of the performance of the duties of such Director by the individual performing such duties as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Positions of importance and responsibility.—Subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act."
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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012 |
May 26, 2011 |
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Howard McKeon, R-CA
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"Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on methods to increase the efficiency of the tuition assistance program under section 2007 of title 10, United States Code. Such report shall include— (1) a description of the effect of the program on recruiting and retention within the Armed Forces; (2) an analysis of other programs that provide benefits similar to those provided through the program, including the use of educational assistance programs under chapters 30 and 33 of title 38, United States Code, for education and training pursued by members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty while they are off-duty; and (3) a description of the effects of modifying the program to require members of the Armed Forces participating in the program to pay for 25 percent of their education expenses and the Secretary concerned to pay the remaining 75 percent of such expenses."
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