S.2462: A bill to provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Please upgrade your Flash Player Home > Federal Government > S.2462 Chief Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka Tagged in: Armed forces, Budgets, Defense budgets, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Executive departments, Federal employees, Government employees, Government service contracts, Layoffs, Public contracts See all (3 more) Latest Update: Monday, December, 01st 2008 Search Site A bill to provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 12/12/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Defense, before furloughing Department of Defense (DOD) employees on the basis of a lack of funds, to suspend all nonessential DOD service contracts as necessary to make up for the lack of funds. Applies this Act to FY2008. Comment on Bill - Be the first to leave a comment! Latest Actions 12/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15250-15251) 12/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15251) Bill Text File name Last Updated S.2462 Introduced in Senate 12/18/2007

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