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Navy/USMC

Stopgap CR Includes Funding For Next SSBN

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

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Stopgap CR Includes Funding For Next SSBN

Artist rendering of the future Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), which will replace the Ohio-class submarines. (Illustration: U.S. Navy)

The recent short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) stopgap funding measure that Congress passed and President Biden signed to narrowly avoid a government shutdown included a provision allowing the Navy to start construction on the next ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). The CR that funds the government through Nov. 17 was signed by President Biden late Sunday night with only hours to spare before a shutdown and seeks to give Congress more time to pass final fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills (Defense Daily,…

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