DOD Authorization and DOE Appropriations Bills Signed into Law
President Obama signed the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bill (H.R. 2647) into law today despite an earlier veto threat. The veto threat was prompted by Congress’ inclusion of funding for an alternative engine for the F-35 joint strike fighter that the Administration did not want. The President said the bill “wasn’t perfect” and “There’s still more waste we need to cut….”
He also signed into law the Energy-Water appropriations bill (H.R. 3183) that, among other things, rejects the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) request to fund a restart of production of plutonium-238 that is needed for some of NASA’s lunar and planetary spacecraft.
Not sure of the difference between an appropriation and an authorization? See our “What’s a Markup?” fact sheet.
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