DISCRETIONARY RESTORATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS REDUCED FOR MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCIES.

SEC. 1507. DISCRETIONARY RESTORATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS REDUCED FOR MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCIES. (a) Transfer Authority.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may, subject to section 1508, transfer up to a total of $1,000,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 1501 to Department of Defense accounts under titles I, II, and III that are reduced for savings described in paragraph (2) if and to the extent that the Secretary determines that such savings are not achievable. (2) The savings referred to in paragraph (1) are savings that are to be achieved from— (A) improved management of Department of Defense contracts for the procurement of services; and (B) the deferral of expenditures on financial management systems. (b) Relationship to Other Title XV Transfer Authorities.—The total amount transferred under sections 1502 through 1506 and under section 1507 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appropriated by section 1501.