The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee on May 19 released its draft of the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. While the draft is in line with the House defense authorization bill that was approved last week, it diverges notably in funding for extra fighter jets and electronic warfare planes for the services.The bill contains $578.6 billion in discretionary funding, with $88.4 billion designated for the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account that pays for wartime expenses. Like the House's National…
