Budget
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CongressHASC Chair Smith Expects Congress Will Boost Defense Spending By Significant Amount
The leader of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Wednesday he expects Congress will move to boost defense spending over the president’s request topline, adding it won’t be by […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Appropriations Draft Bill Would Boost Coast Guard Acquisition
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee this morning is set to markup its version of the fiscal year 2023 homeland security funding bill and is recommending adding $600 million to […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators Release $761.7 Billion FY ‘23 Defense Spending Bill In Line With Biden’s Request
House appropriators on Tuesday released their $761.7 billion fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill, essentially matching the White House’s proposed topline, while including a slight cut for procurement and boosting […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriations Bill Would Block Retiring Five LCSs
The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 defense spending bill would prevent the Navy from retiring five Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) as the service plans requested. The […]
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Missile DefenseHASC Panel NDAA Mark Directs Pacific Missile Defense Reports
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) strategic forces panel mark of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill would require the Defense Department to report on missile defense issues in […]
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Missile DefenseHASC Strategic Forces Mark Directs Reports On Patriot Missile Defense Needs Amid Ukrainian Invasion
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces subcommittee mark proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the Army Secretary to to report on […]
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BudgetGeorgia Lawmaker Asks Colleagues To Keep Programs Whole at Nearby DoE Nuclear Weapon Site
A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut […]
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Homeland SecurityWithout Budget Increases, Finishing Checkpoint CT Acquisition Will Take Until 2036, Pekoske Says
If funding for next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners is maintained at current requested levels, it will be another 14 or so years before the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) completes the purchase […]
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CongressInflation Adding Huge Costs To Coast Guard Shipbuilding, Operations And Sustainment
The increasing costs of goods, in particular steel, is adding substantial costs to the Coast Guard’s shipbuilding and operations and threatens the procurement of one of two additional planned fast […]
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Homeland SecurityCommercial Icebreaker Would Inform Requirements For Arctic Security Cutter, Schultz Says
If the Coast Guard is successful in receiving funding for a commercial polar icebreaker and then acquiring the ship, the vessel will not only become part of the service’s inventory […]
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