1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov July 19, 2018FY2019 Defense Appropriations Bill: An Overview of House-passed H.R. 6157H.R. 6157, the FY2019 Defense Appropriations Bill passed by the House on June 28, would provide $667.5 billion to fund all activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) except for th
2、e construction of military facilities and the operation of military family housing complexes. This amounts to $882 million less than the Administrations request for this bill, a reduction of slightly more than one-tenth of 1%. (See Table 1.) While the total appropriation would be nearly equal to the
3、 request, the House bill would provide more funding than requested for dozens of programs, with the gross increase exceeding $10 billion. Those proposed additions would be offset by hundreds of proposed reductions to the budget request. The House Appropriations Committee report to accompany H.R. 615
4、7 (H.Rept. 115-769) characterizes many of these reductions in terms that imply they would have no anticipated adverse impact on DOD programs. In effect, these reductions allowed the House committee to add billions of dollars to the Administrations request without exceeding the cap on defense spendin
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