This week, the House will consider the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. The focus will principally be upon the
KEY NATIONAL SECURITY BILLS IN 2007
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL:
On July 25, the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year 2008 bill totaling $459.3 billion, $39.7 billion more than enacted last year. $141.8 billion for the
- IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION:
The House-Senate conference report was filed on July 25. The report repeals the limitations on the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR, or Nunn-Lugar) program, creates a nonproliferation czar in the White House and establishes a bipartisan congressional commission on nonproliferation issues.
On July 26, the Senate approved the conference report 85 - 8. On July 27, the House approved the report 371 - 40.
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