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S 2408 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Commemorative events and holidays Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Military personnel and dependents Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware for review by the President outside of authorized military operations or activities.

Introduced: February 8, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Feb 8, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 8, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits funds available to the Department of Defense from being obligated or expended for any exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware for review by the President outside of authorized military operations or activities.

What's happening now February 8, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 12, 2018
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 8, 2018
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Feb 8, 2018
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 8, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2408: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware for review by the President outside of authorized military operations or activities.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2408/
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"S. 2408: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware for review by the President outside of authorized military operations or activities.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2408/.
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S. 2408, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2408/.
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