Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “People Over Pentagon Act of 2022”.
People Over Pentagon Act of 2022
A BILL
To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that—
many of the most urgent threats to the national security of the United States are not military in nature;
the Federal budget should reflect the national priorities of the United States; and
in order to better protect the security of all people and address the national priorities of the United States, the budget of the Department of Defense should be reduced and the associated savings should be reallocated.
Sec. 3 Reduction in amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023
In general— The amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 2023 is—
the aggregate amount appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 in division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103), reduced by
$100,000,000,000.
Funding for certain accounts— The amount authorized to be appropriated for each of the following accounts of the Department of Defense shall be the amount authorized to be appropriated for such account for fiscal year 2022:
The Defense Health Program.
Each military personnel account.
Each account providing for pay and benefits for persons appointed into the civil service as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.
Application of funding cuts— In reducing funding for Department of Defense programs in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall take into consideration the findings and recommendations contained in the Congressional Budget Office report entitled “Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget” and dated October 2021.