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All The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019

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All The DoE Nuclear Reports Ordered by the Senate’s 2020 NDAA, Annotated

The U.S. Senate’s recently passed version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act calls for nine reports or briefings on Department of Energy nuclear weapon programs. Sister publication Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor has listed each of them below, in the order in which they appear in the bill. None of these reports are required yet. Even after the House passes its version of the 2020 NDAA — potentially next week — leaders of each service's Armed Services Committee will still…

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