National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
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: 112-239.
(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on December 18, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 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) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of airframes for CH-47F helicopters.
(Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of the Army, for six years beginning in 2013, to report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on Army time-sensitive or mission-critical airlift requirements.
Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act) to extend for an additional year incremental funding for the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers.
(Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2014 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of Virginia-class submarines and government-furnished associated equipment. Authorizes such Secretary to employ incremental funding for such procurement upon a determination that such approach will permit the Navy to procure an additional submarine in FY2014.
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of up to 10 Arleigh Burke class Flight IIA guided missile destroyers and specified systems associated with such vessels.
(Sec. 124) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50% of the funds authorized for a second Ford-class aircraft carrier until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the defense and appropriations committees a description of the program management and cost control measures to be employed in constructing such carrier.
The summary continues for 609 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on January 2, 2013. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on January 2, 2013: Became Public Law No: 112-239.
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.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
HOWARD MCKEON (R-CA) introduced it on March 29, 2012, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law