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Defense Spending Bill Passes After House Approves Separate Fund For Ohio-Replacement

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, June 11th, 2015

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Defense Spending Bill Passes After House Approves Separate Fund For Ohio-Replacement

The SSBN(X) will replace Ohio-class ballistic subs. Photo: U.S. Navy

The House on June 11 passed its $578.6 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2016, after members voted to eliminate a prohibition on transferring funds for the Ohio-class replacement submarine to the National Sea Based Deterrence Fund created last year by Congress.The House Armed Services Committee’s authorization bill recommended moving $1.39 billion from Navy accounts to the deterrence fund, but House appropriators in their defense spending bill tried to reverse course, including language stating that “none of the funds…

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