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House Defense Bill Adds Over $1 Billion In Unfunded Navy Priorities

Monday, June 10th, 2019

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House Defense Bill Adds Over $1 Billion In Unfunded Navy Priorities

USS Boise (SSN-764) first arrives at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division to begin its extended engineering overhaul in June 2018. (Photo: HII)

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) FY 2020 defense authorization bill adds over $1 billion in Navy funds from the unfunded priorities list, according to the chairman’s mark. The majority of Navy unfunded list projects from HASC Chairman Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) mark consists of $814 million for submarine maintenance funding shortfalls. This is specifically tied to $290 million for the Los Angeles-class USS Boise (SSN-764), $306 million for the USS Hartford (SSN-768), and $57 million for the USS Columbus (SSN-762).…

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