By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) wants to cut the Coast Guard's funding request for its fourth National Security Cutter (NSC), a reduction that marks the biggest difference between House and Senate appropriators' proposals for the Deepwater modernization program. Overall, the HAC and Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) are sticking fairly close to the White House's $990.4 million fiscal 2009 proposal for the Coast Guard's once- troubled Deepwater ship-aircraft-and-system upgrade effort. The HAC marked up the FY '09 Homeland…
House, Senate Appropriators Clash On Deepwater Funds For NSC, Aircraft Missionization
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