With the House Armed Services Committee done with its defense bill and awaiting floor debate, the House Appropriations defense subcommittee staff will have the guidance it needs to complete its bill this month–which subcommittee chairman Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) said would closely mirror the HASC bill. Frelinghuysen, who is going through his first appropriations cycle as committee chairman–he took over the job in November after former chairman Bill Young (R-Fla.) died–said he hoped to have the language of the bill…
