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CongressHouse Votes Down FY ‘23 NDAA Amendments To Cut Topline, Allow Navy To Retire Nine LCS
The House on Wednesday evening voted against progressive lawmakers’ proposals to cut the topline of the next defense policy bill by as much as $100 billion, and blocked a provision […]
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Homeland SecuritySens. Peters, Johnson To Introduce New Counter-Drone Legislation Soon
Just months before existing legislation expires that provides the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice with limited authorities to detect, and in some cases defeat, threats from small drones in […]
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CongressCongress Wants DoD to Provide Specific Examples of Controlled Unclassified Information
Section 1526 of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required the Pentagon to assess DoD’s controlled unclassified information (CUI) program 180 days after the enactment of the NDAA, […]
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CongressNumber Of Conservative Groups Back Progressives’ Call To Cut FY ‘23 NDAA Topline
Four conservative groups have offered support for amendments proposed by progressive lawmakers to the House’s version of the next defense policy bill that aims to cut defense spending by as […]
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Homeland SecurityAdding Biometrics To Airport Checkpoints Will Take More Than 20 Years, Pekoske Says
Completing the installation of facial comparison technology at airport security checkpoints will take into the mid-2040s given current “constrained” funding levels, Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) David Pekoske said on Wednesday. […]
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CongressW80-4, Early Nuke R&D Among 1,000+ Amendments Filed to House NDAA
Several nuclear weapons issues, touching on life extension programs, research prohibitions and more, could come up for debate on the House floor next week when lawmakers return to Washington. After […]
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Homeland SecurityLegislation Introduced To Reauthorize DHS CWMD Office, Transfer Health Security
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday introduced a bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Passes $21B NNSA budget; Fleischman Thinks Uranium Plant Needs Double Funding
The House Appropriations on Tuesday approved a 2023 spending bill that included roughly the requested funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, one of which should get almost double […]
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CongressHouse-Side DoE Spending Bill Has Pits, B83, For NNSA; No SLCM-N
House appropriators want to provide the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) with all the funding it requested in 2023 to build plutonium pit factories in New Mexico and South Carolina […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators To Consider Civilian Nuclear Weapons Budget Tuesday
The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled Tuesday to vote on the first draft of the 2023 spending bill that funds civilian nuclear weapons programs at the Department of Energy and […]
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