National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 112-81.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act.
Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from procuring more than 100 Stryker combat vehicles. Allows such Secretary to waive such limitation after a specified certification to the congressional defense and appropriations committees, including that there are validated Army needs requiring the waiver.
(Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining to retire a C-23 aircraft for which there has been no agreed-upon transfer, to first offer it to the chief executive officer of the state in which the aircraft is based. Requires the state to assume all costs of the aircraft following its transfer.
Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to study, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, the number of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft required to support Air Force missions at low, medium, moderate, high, and very-high levels of operational risk. Requires the Comptroller General (CG) to conduct a sufficiency review of such study, and report review results to such committees. (Sec. 113) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the FY2012 program year, for the procurement of airframes for UH-60M/HH-60M and MH-60R/S helicopters. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the FY2012 program year, for the procurement of mission avionics and common cockpits for MH-60R/S helicopters.
(Sec. 122) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), in budget materials submitted to the President in connection with the budget for FY2013 and thereafter, to ensure that a separate, dedicated procurement line item is designated for each surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare littoral combat ship (LCS) module.
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on December 31, 2011: Became Public Law No: 112-81.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
HOWARD MCKEON (R-CA) introduced it on April 14, 2011, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law