Draft Document:
$200 Billion In Savings
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| AMOUNT (Billions) | Item No. | DESCRIPTION |
| $0.80 | 1 | Reduce Congressional & White House budgets by 15 percent |
| $15.10 | 2 | Freeze federal salaries, bonuses, and other compensation at non-defense agencies for three years. |
| $13.20 | 3 | Cut the federal workforce by 10 percent |
| $18.40 | 4 | Eliminate 250,000 non-defense service and staff augmentee contractors |
| $0.10 | 5 | Cap the number of federal political appointments at 2,000 |
| $0.40 | 6 | Cut federal travel budget |
| $0.70 | 7 | Establish Veterans Administration (VA) health co-pays |
| $0.40 | 8 | Reduce unnecessary printing costs |
| $0.30 | 9 | Trim the Federal Vehicle Budget |
| $1.00 | 10 | Other efficiencies |
| $11.00 | 11 | Create a Cut-and-Invest Committee charged with trimming waste and targeting investment |
| $1.00 | 12 | Merge the Department of Commerce and Small Business Administration into a single agency and trim its budget by 10 percent |
| $1.00 | 13 | Terminate low-priority Corps construction projects |
| $1.30 | 14 | Reduce overhead cost of diplomatic operations |
| $4.60 | 15 | Slow the growth of foreign aid |
| $1.80 | 16 | Eliminate the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools |
| $0.30 | 17 | Eliminate the Economic Development Administration |
| $0.50 | 18 | Eliminate a number of programs administered by the Rural Utility Service (RUS) |
| $1.60 | 19 | Reduce wasteful spending at the Department of Justice |
| $0.10 | 20 | Eliminate certain regional subsidies |
| $0.10 | 21 | Eliminate the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Baldrige National Quality Program |
| $16.00 | 22 | Eliminate all earmarks |
| $0.90 | 23 | Cut research funding for fossil fuels. |
| $1.20 | 24 | Eliminate funding for commercial spaceflight |
| $0.50 | 25 | Drop wealthier communities from the Community Development Block Grant program |
| $0.30 | 26 | Reduce voluntary contributions to the United Nations |
| $0.20 | 27 | Eliminate administrative fees paid to schools for student aid programs |
| $0.10 | 28 | Eliminate the Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
| $1.00 | 29 | Sell excess federal property |
| $0.30 | 30 | Reduce funding to the Smithsonian and the National Park Service and allow the programs to offset the reduction through fees |
| $1.20 | 31 | Eliminate grants to large and medium-sized hub airports |
| $0.50 | 32 | Cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| $0.90 | 33 | Require food processing facilities to finance food safety and inspection services |
| $0.50 | 34 | Change inland water systems to be fully self-funded |
| $1.90 | 35 | Require airports to fund a larger portion of the cost of aviation security |
| $0.30 | 36 | Charge beneficiaries for the cost of the International Trade Administration’s trade promotion activities |
| $0.30 | 37 | Reduce land acquisition under the Land and Water Conservation Fund |
| $0.40 | 38 | Create a more cohesive and cost-effective fire management service |
| $28.00 | 39 | Apply the overhead savings Secretary Gates has promised to deficit reduction |
| $5.30 | 40 | Freeze federal salaries, bonuses, and other compensation for the civilian workforce at the Department of Defense for three years |
| $9.20 | 41 | Freeze non-combat military pay at 2011 levels for 3 years |
| $5.40 | 42 | Double Secretary Gates’ cuts to defense contracting |
| $20.00 | 43 | Reduce procurement by 15 percent |
| 44 | End procurement of the V-22 Osprey | |
| 45 | Cancel the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle | |
| 46 | Substitute F-16 and F/A-18Es for half of the Air Force and Navy’s planned buys of F-35 fighter aircraft. | |
| 47 | Cancel the Marine Corps version of the F-35 | |
| 48 | Cancel the Navy’s Future Maritime Prepositioning Force | |
| 49 | Cancel the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the Ground Combat Vehicle, and the Joint Tactical Radio | |
| 50 | Reduce planned levels for "Other Procurement.” | |
| $8.50 | 51 | Reduce military personnel stationed at overseas bases in Europe and Asia by one-third |
| $6.00 | 52 | Modernize Tricare, DOD health |
| $5.40 | 53 | Replace military personnel performing commercial activities with civilians |
| $7.00 | 54 | Reduce spending on Research, Development, Test & Evaluation by 10 percent |
| $2.00 | 55 | Reduce spending on base support. |
| $1.40 | 56 | Reduce spending on facilities maintenance |
| $0.80 | 57 | Consolidate the Department of Defense’s retail activities |
| $1.10 | 58 | Integrate children of military personnel into local schools in the United States |
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