HAC-D Passes $674.6B FY 2019 Spending Bill; $22.7B for Shipbuilding
By: Sam LaGrone
June 13, 2018 4:54 PM
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee passed its Fiscal Year 2019 spending bill, according to a Wednesday statement.
The $674.6 billion Pentagon spending bill — $606.5 billion in the base budget and $68.1 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) spending — follows last year trend of increasing the bottom line for the Defense Department, according to a statement from Defense Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas).
“Our military must have the resources it needs to respond to and deter threats from countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, and also counter violent extremists throughout the world. This bill does what General Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff has asked, it ‘ensures the joint force has the depth, flexibility, readiness and responsiveness that ensures our men and women will never face a fair fight’,†she said in the statement.
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