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NNSA Seeks 60% Boost for Budget Line That Funds Pits; Eclipses Expected Increase For FY23

Friday, April 1st, 2022

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has requested a roughly 60% increase in fiscal year 2023 for the part of its budget that funds the rebuilding of critical nuclear-weapons production infrastructure including plutonium pits, a Department of Energy document published Tuesday shows. The semiautonomous DoE nuclear-weapons agency seeks some $4.6 billion for Production Modernization in fiscal year 2023, an increase of more than $1.7 billion compared with the 2022 appropriation under an omnibus spending bill signed into law on March…

Congress

Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

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Space

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Congress

Graham Says GOP To Move Ahead On Second Reconciliation Bill, With Defense Funds As Priority

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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