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POLICY_ DEFENSE_ Senate sends $717B defense policy bill to Trump's desk

THE HILL

Senate sends $717B defense policy bill to Trump's desk

By Rebecca Kheel
- 08/01/18 02:37 PM EDT
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The Senate on Wednesday easily passed a $717 billion annual defense policy bill despite some angst about its lack of a provision to block President Trump’s deal with Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE.

The Senate approved the compromise fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a 87-10 vote, sending it to Trump’s desk for his expected signature and keeping it on track to become law before the start of the fiscal year for the first time since the fiscal 1997 bill.

This year's bill — named after Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is at home undergoing treatment for brain cancer — would authorize about $639 billion for the Pentagon's base budget and the Energy Department's defense programs. It would also allow for another $69 billion for a war fund known as the Overseas Contingency Operations account.

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READ MORE: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/399928-senate-sends-717b-defense-policy-bill-to-trumps-desk


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