Note: source of material with only a page number from Strategic Forces Subcommittee mark – http://bit.ly/2KCDhco Source of other items from Chairman Adam Smith’s full committee mark available from Political Pro behind a paywall – http://bit.ly/2KCDmgc Nuclear Forces Prohibits funds for the deployment of W76-2 low-yield warhead (p.6) and cuts entire $10 million request […]
Summary: FY 2020 House Defense Appropriations Bill (HR. 2968)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations Total discretionary funding: $690.2 billion (an increase of $15.8 billion from FY 2019; a decrease of $8 billion from the request) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $690.2 billion), a reduction of $96.2 billion from the request Note: This total, plus funds in a separate Department of Energy […]
Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Spending Briefing Book
The Fiscal Year 2020 Budget in Context Introduction President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget requests $544.5 billion for the Defense Department’s annual “base” discretionary budget, which is more than $70 billion lower than FY19 enacted levels. However, the Pentagon’s portion of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account – which is often referred […]
Summary: FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill Conference Report (H.R. 6157)
Top Line A. Total Appropriations: House Total discretionary funding: $667.5 billion (an increase of $20.1 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $68.1 billion (included in $667.5 billion) Total appropriations: Senate Total discretionary funding: $668.0 billion (an increase of $15.6 billion from FY 2018) Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO): $67.9 billion (included […]
July recap: United States
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow Each week, we review the news that might have gotten missed in other nuclear headlines. Here’s a recap of what happened in July. Pentagon & Defense Spending U.S. Air Force conducts non-nuclear drop tests of B61-12 gravity bomb from B-2A stealth bomber On June 29, a press release by the […]
