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115th Congress > House > Vote 355
Clerk session vote number: 356
Sponsor: THORNBERRY, William McClellan (Mac) (R-TX)
Description: Conaway of Texas Part B Amendment No. 2
Bill summary: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation.
The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) Procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, space
procurement, and other procurement; (2) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; (3) Operation and Maintenance; (4) Working Capital Funds; (5) the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund; (6) Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction; (7) Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities; (8) the Defense Inspector General; (9) the Defense Health Program; (10) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; (11) Overseas Contingency Operations; and (12) Military Construction.
The bill also authorizes the FY2018 personnel strength for active duty and reserve forces and sets forth policies regarding compensation and other personnel benefits, the Ready Reserve Force and Military Sealift Command surge fleet, and matters relating to foreign nations.
Bill titles: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.; Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 2017; Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017; Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Preservation Act of 2017; Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017
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