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HASC NDAA Sets Up Debate With Senate On F-35 Cuts, Funds For Virginia-Class Submarine

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

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HASC NDAA Sets Up Debate With Senate On F-35 Cuts, Funds For Virginia-Class Submarine

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The House Armed Services Committee’s $731.6 billion fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill sets up key debate with the Senate on cuts to the F-35 program and adjustments to various shipbuilding programs to fund advanced procurement of a second Virginia-class submarine. HASC’s NDAA markup is split between a $667.7 billion base budget and $69 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding, and also authorizes $1 billion for COVID-19-related funds. Committee aides told reporters Wednesday while the HASC NDAA supports the budget…

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