House Armed Services committee Chair Rep. Mac Thornberry has proposed cutting $25 billion in defense agency spending by 2021, including shuttering several of the support entities, The Hill reports.
Thornberry, R-Texas, is targeting the 28 support agencies that don't fall under the umbrella of military services but that comprise $100 billion of defense spending annually, The Hill reports.
Thornberry also wants to eliminate seven of those agencies:
- The Defense Technical Information Center.
- Defense Test Resource Management Center.
- Office of Economic Adjustment.
- Defense Technology Security Administration.
- Defense Information Systems Agency.
- Defense Human Resources Activity.
- Washington Headquarters Services.
"Acquisition reform is largely getting rid of stuff," The Hill quoted Thornberry. "We're trying to streamline decision-making."
Under Thornberry's proposed reforms, the Pentagon would submit a report of what cuts to make to reach the 25 percent threshold by March 2020. If the 25 percent threshold isn't met by January 2021, mandatory cuts would be triggered across those agencies, The Hill reports.
Thornberry is confident he'll find support from the Pentagon.
"I'm not saying they endorse all of this stuff, but I am saying we have leadership at the department that is very reform-minded and we have been talking with them. I do think we're trying to swim in the same direction," The Hill quoted Thornberry.
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