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Administration Requests $12.9 Billion for NNSA in FY ’17

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

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The White House’s fiscal 2017 budget request released today increases proposed funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to $12.9 billion.The $4.15 trillion budget boosts NNSA funding from the currently appropriated $12.5 billion and projects a total request of $131.9 billion for fiscal years 2017-2026. The agency’s increased funding level to maintain the U.S. nuclear stockpile, modernize nuclear security infrastructure, and conduct nonproliferation activities, is currently $1.1 billion higher than the fiscal 2015 level.Base discretionary funding for the Department…

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