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SJRES 26 110th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Defense budgets Economics and Public Finance Gross national product

A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.

Introduced: December 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 7, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Dec 7, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that it is U.S. policy to commit a minimum of 4% of the nation's gross domestic product to the base defense budget in order to meet the fundamental national security requirements of the United States.

What's happening now December 7, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 67 Identical bill Supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 6, 2008
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Feb 27, 2008
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jan 22, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 26: A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SJRES-26/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 26: A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SJRES-26/.
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S.J. Res. 26, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SJRES-26/.
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[S.J. Res. 26: A joint resolution supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SJRES-26/)
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