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Article: Anticipated amendments. (to House defense authorization bill)
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- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- September 12, 1990
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ANTICIPATED AMENDMENTS
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE
Rep. Dornan will offer an amendment to increase SDI funding from the committee's recommended $2.9 billion to $4.2 billion. The additional funding would be taken proportionally from all other defense accounts.
Reps. Dellums and Bozer will offer an amendment to terminate the SDI program and reassign Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) research to various DoD agencies. Under this amendment the SDI Organization would be dismantled. BMD basis research would be limited to $1.5 billion.
Rep. Kyl will offer an amendment to increase SDI funding by $670 million to $3.57 billion. He would take $520 ...