Senate Agrees to Defense Authorization Conference Report, Goes to President
On December 15, 2011, the Senate agreed to the conference report for H.R. 1540, the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. (The House has agreed to the conference report on December 14, 2011.) The conference report authorizes defense and…
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certain energy-related appropriations and includes, among other things, the Senate-passed amendment imposing additional Iran sanctions. H.R. 1540 now goes to the President, who is expected to sign it into law. Press reports indicate that the President dropped his threat to veto H.R. 1540 after certain problematic provisions in the original bills were not included in the conference report.