
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) is proposing to set up a $28.6 billion “national defense restoration fund” in fiscal year 2018 that the Pentagon could tap for equipment upgrades, technology development, readiness improvements and other purposes to implement its upcoming new defense strategy.The strategy, which Congress expects to receive in September, “will inform the investments we need to make to rebuild our military,” said Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), chairwoman of the HAC’s defense subcommittee (HAC-D). “The defense restoration fund will enable…