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Budget

House Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

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House Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020

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The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee would deliver an emphatic “no” to the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, if a $15.9 billion nuclear-weapons budget unveiled Tuesday becomes law. The proposed National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) budget would if signed give the semi-autonomous DoE branch around $15.9 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1: a year-over-year funding increase of about 4.5% that would be some 3.5% less than the White House’s…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]