Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Yesterday the House Armed Services Committee marked up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Head over to the mothership for our initial summary. If you thought last year’s version of the bill was bad, this year’s iteration includes a number of proposed funding proposals and policy provisions on nuclear weapons and missile defense that are even more extreme.
Click here, here, and here for our earlier previews of the bill.
-“U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies is said to have clearly reminded his North Korean counterpart, Kim Gye Gwan, of the meaning of this provision during February talks. Sources say, however, the young Kim Jong Un, the country’s new leader, was unable to defy his late father and predecessor’s command to complete the rocket launch, which was timed to mark the Kim Il Sung centennial and proclaim North Korea to be a ‘strong and prosperous nation.'”
Below are some handy charts we put together outlining the Senate and House Appropriations Committee-FY 2013 approved funding levels for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation and Weapons Activities accounts. Cli…
On April 26 the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Energy and Water bill. You can read the full Committee report here. For an overview of the House bill, see our analysis from last week here.
On April 24 the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee released its draft Committee report of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Energy and Water bill. The full House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up the bill on April 25.
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