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Coburn offered the following amendments to S. 1197,  the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014.  Conservative estimates conclude that DOD could save over $386 billion in 10 years through reductions in low priority spending.  

Amendment #2155 - Requires DOD to obtain an audit with an unqualified opinion by FY 2018.  More information here

Amendment #2156 - Eliminates DOD non-defense spending and transfers duplicative programs to other agencies. More information here

Amendment #2157 - Establishes position precedence and qualifications for DOD Undersecretary of Defense for Management. More information here

Amendment #2158 - Requires disposal of DOD excess property by public sale or auction. More information here

Amendment #2159 - Requires the Department of Defense to use existing authority to implement GAO duplication recommendations. More information here

Amendment #2160 - Requires DOD to publish annually online their unclassified unobligated balances by account and an explanation of why they are unobligated. More information here

Amendment #2161 - Reduces DOD tuition assistance program and limits to use as a retention tool where the military services have a critical-needs shortage of military personnel. More information here

Amendment #2162 - Strikes section 524, which restricts use of DOD tuition assistance funds at for-profit institutions. More information here

Amendment #2163 - Prohibits the Department of Defense from employing tax cheats. More information here

Amendment #2164 - Withholds funding for acquisition of aircraft and equipment for the Afghan Security Forces until the Secretary of Defense submits a plan to Congress confirming the plan to transfer the C-27A planes to another agency or entity. More information here

Amendment #2165 - Withholds funding for acquisition of aircraft until the Secretary of Defense submits a plan to Congress confirming the plan to transfer the Air Force’s C-27J planes to another agency or entity. More information here.

Amendment #2166 - Expresses the Sense of the Senate that the small arms and ammunition used by the United States Army should be superior to the small arms and ammunition used by potential threat nations, foreign allied militaries, and U.S. domestic law enforcement. More information here

Amendment #2520 - To require a report on plans for the disposition of the C-27A aircraft.