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HR 542 106th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Ballistic missile defenses Ballistic missiles Defense budgets Economics and Public Finance Nuclear submarines Nuclear weapons Reprogramming of appropriated funds

To reduce the number of Trident ballistic missile submarines subject to a statutory limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery systems and to provide that any funds saved by retiring such submarines should be used for national missile defense programs.

Introduced: February 3, 1999 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 1999
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Feb 23, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 3, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to reduce from 18 to 14 the number of Trident ballistic missile submarines subject to statutory limitation on retirement or dismantlement.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, if the Secretary of the Navy should reduce the number of such operational submarines from the current 18 to 14, the amount otherwise programmed for national missile defense programs for any fiscal year after such reduction should be increased by the savings derived from such reduction.

What's happening now May 19, 1999

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

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