Download PDF version. Analysis of Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Bill: HR 2810 Treaties: 1. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty House: Sections 1243 and 1244: Authorizes $25 million to establish a program of record to develop a conventional road-mobile ground-launched cruise missile system that, if tested or deployed, would violate the INF Treaty. Senate: Section […]
Differences Between House and Senate FY 2018 NDAA on Major Nuclear Provisions
To download a PDF version, click here. A. Treaties: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty House: Sections 1243 and 1244: Authorizes $25 million to establish a program of record to develop a conventional road-mobile ground-launched cruise missile system that, if tested or deployed, would violate the INF Treaty. Senate: Section 1635: Authorizes $65 million to establish […]
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell Quoted in Defense News
Read the full piece in Defense News here. The senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Alexandra Bell, called Trump’s claims “a total lie” in her own tweet. “Modernization plans for nuclear arsenal were well underway before [Trump] came into office & his own budget isn’t passed yet,” she said in […]
CTBTO Preparatory Commission Verification Regime at Risk
Earlier this year, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced companion bills in the House and Senate that, if enacted into law, would restrict funding for the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). This is the second time that Rep. Wilson and Sen. Cotton have introduced bills attempting to […]
Fiscal Year 2018 House Defense Appropriations Bill
For a printable PDF version, click here. The total funding for the Pentagon in FY 2018 is $658.1 billion, including $584.2 billion for base discretionary funding subject to budget caps ($68.1 billion above FY 2017 levels and $18.4 billion above the FY 2018 request) and a total of $73.9 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations […]