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HASC Subcommittees Approve Defense Authorization Bill Proposals

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

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HASC Subcommittees Approve Defense Authorization Bill Proposals

The House Armed Services Committee quickly moved forward subcommittee marks of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill ahead of debate by the full committee next week.Only two subcommittees—Seapower and Projection Forces and Strategic Forces—put forward amendments to their proposals, which were released Tuesday and Wednesday.The Strategic Forces subcommittee debated the most amendments to its mark and approved all of them.Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) offered an amendment that would prioritize investments to develop and field a boost phase missile defense…

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