House Agrees to Nat’l Defense Authorization Act Conference Report
On December 14, 2011, the House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 1540, the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. The conference report authorizes defense and certain energy-related appropriations and includes, among other things, the Senate-passed amendment imposing additional Iran sanctions. The Senate may consider the NDAA conference report as early as December 15, 2011. Press reports indicate that the President has dropped his threat to veto H.R. 1540 after certain problematic provisions in the original bills were not included in the conference report.
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House Armed Services Committee’s highlights of conference report available here.