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NDAA Conferees Meet This Week, House Announces Members

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

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NDAA Conferees Meet This Week, House Announces Members

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced Wednesday each chamber’s conferees for the Fiscal Year 2020 defense authorization bill will formally start meeting on Thursday. The Thursday meeting is called a “pass the gavel” meeting in which the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will give the gavel to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). Each year the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee chairmanship alternates between both chambers and this year it is the House’s turn. While the…

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