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House Appropriators’ $706 Billion Defense Bill Boosts Procurement By $1.7 Billion, Cuts Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 29th, 2021

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House Appropriators’ $706 Billion Defense Bill Boosts Procurement By $1.7 Billion, Cuts Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

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

House appropriators on Tuesday released their $706 billion fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill, which would boost procurement spending by $1.7 billion over the president’s budget request, restore funding for a second new Navy destroyer and cut the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile program. The bill, which will be marked up by the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) on Wednesday, roughly matches the president’s $715 billion requested Pentagon budget when combined with the separate $11 billion proposal for military construction. “Democrats…

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