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“Senior defense officials should have capped special-purpose funds for emergency or unusual expenses, instead of open-ended authority to spend from those accounts.”
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“The Defense Secretary should be allowed to move up to $6 billion between defense accounts for higher-priority unexpected military needs, as long as Congress is notified.”
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“Defense officials should give Congress reports, plans, briefings, and studies on weapons, industry, technology, environmental issues, foreign threats, military strategy, and how the National Guard helps during cyber incidents.”
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“When domestic troop authority ends, unused money shifted for that deployment should go back, and contracts tied to that authority should end?”
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“Military personnel accounts should fund service member pay, basic benefits, clothing, food, travel, moving costs, and retirement contributions for active-duty, reserve, and National Guard forces.”
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“The military should receive money for training, bases, repairs, fuel, supplies, and daily operations, while Congress sets limits on extra readiness transfers, war reserve supply spending, equipment transfers that could hurt readiness, and operating-fund cuts based on fuel or fund-balance assumptions.”
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“The Pentagon should have limited authority to move money for unforeseen higher-priority needs, while giving Congress notice before starting or significantly changing highly restricted classified programs and reporting on money shifts, assistance funds, intelligence changes, and sensitive defense topics.”
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