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HASC Passes FY 2019 Defense Authorization Bill After All-Day Debate

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

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HASC Passes FY 2019 Defense Authorization Bill After All-Day Debate

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

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.The committee voted, 33-28 to approve an amendment by Rep. Steve Knight (R-Calif.) to preserve the Department of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center (TRMC). The bill had targeted the center for potential elimination (Defense Daily, April 17). Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the HASC’s chairman, said the TRMC’s functions should be transferred…

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