People Over Pentagon Act of 2022
This non-binding resolution (HR 8040) expresses Congress's view that many national security threats are non-military and calls for reducing the Pentagon's 2023 budget by $100 billion. It directs the Secretary of Defense to consider a 2021 CBO report when implementing potential cuts, while exempting specific accounts like military personnel pay and defense health programs from reductions. The resolution proposes reallocating the savings to address non-military national priorities. It does not alter actual funding but sets a policy direction for the Department of Defense budget.
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Introduced Jun 13, 2022
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Jun 13, 2022
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Jun 13, 2022
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1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
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Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
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Andy Levin
DDemocratic
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Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
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Bobby L. Rush
DDemocratic
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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Cori Bush
DDemocratic
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Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
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Jamaal Bowman
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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