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Senate NDAA Passes in Landslide; Amendments Tighten NNSA Pit Requirements, Require Report on ICBM Warhead Delays

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

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Senate NDAA Passes in Landslide; Amendments Tighten NNSA Pit Requirements, Require Report on ICBM Warhead Delays

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize all the White House’s requested funding for nuclear modernization programs at the Department of Energy and the Pentagon. The Senate bill would provide a year of bipartisan support for the Trump administration’s nuclear modernization plans, which are essentially a lightly modified continuation of the 30-year nuclear-arsenal refurb the Obama administration started in 2016. In stark contrast, the House’s version of the NDAA — up for…

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