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Article: Defense appropriations passes House; conference slated to start.(FY '96 defense appropriations bill)
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- Defense Daily
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- September 11, 1995
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The House Thursday night passed 294-125 a $244.2 billion FY '96 defense appropriations bill that provides $857 million less than the FY '95 level and $7.8 billion above the Clinton administration's request.
The bill, which includes $493 million more for the B-2 stealth bomber, makes substantial boosts to numerous weapons modernization programs. Closely mirroring the House defense authorization bill, the appropriations legislation removes dollars from non-traditional military programs like environmental cleanup and defense conversion.
The bill also adds funding for ballistic missile defenses; the F-22 next generation fighter; RAH-66 Comanche helicopter; and ...