The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) this morning will markup its version of the FY ’18 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, which proposes to rescind $95 million appropriated in FY ’17 for a 10th National Security Cutter (NSC), which wasn’t requested by the Coast Guard and isn’t a requirement, according to report language accompanying the bill.The $95 million contained in the FY ’17 budget for the NSC is for prime contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to purchase long-lead materials for the high-endurance…
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