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+ | The '''National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017''' was the United States military budget, with an total of $618.7 billion in spending (but not including several hundred billion more in other military-releated budgets). | ||
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+ | The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 law also authorizes "[[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] national security programs", benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes "authorities to facilitate" ongoing international operations for the Fiscal Year 2017. It includes a new bill passed against Russian [[propaganda]] to "counter the spread of biased information", also called "the [[Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act|Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692)]]". | ||
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+ | The total of $618.7 billion in spending, over $67 billion of which is destined for the overseas contingency operations account. It notably leaves restrictions in place on transferring [[Guantanamo Bay]] detainees to the United States mainland, and elevates [[Cyber Command]] to combatant command status.<ref>http://thehill.com/policy/defense/311725-obama-signs-annual-defense-policy-bill-into-law</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-congress-idUSKBN13X26G</ref> | ||
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+ | On September 8, 2017, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Secretary of State and [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] with further delegations to the [[Economic sanctions#Current sanctions|financial sanctions]] of certain countries on the list under section 1263 of the [[Magnitsky Act|Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act]].<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/08/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-and-secretary-treasury</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090218/https://newsfortheworld2017blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090028/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/09/28/2017-21026/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act|archivedate=October 4, 2017</ref> | ||
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US military budget 2017 |
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 was the United States military budget, with an total of $618.7 billion in spending (but not including several hundred billion more in other military-releated budgets).
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 law also authorizes "Department of Energy national security programs", benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes "authorities to facilitate" ongoing international operations for the Fiscal Year 2017. It includes a new bill passed against Russian propaganda to "counter the spread of biased information", also called "the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692)".
The total of $618.7 billion in spending, over $67 billion of which is destined for the overseas contingency operations account. It notably leaves restrictions in place on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States mainland, and elevates Cyber Command to combatant command status.[1][2]
On September 8, 2017, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury with further delegations to the financial sanctions of certain countries on the list under section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.[3][4][5]
Related Quotation
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"Fake news website" | “long before “fake news” became a major media topic, the US government was already planning its legally-backed crackdown on anything it would eventually label “fake news".” | 25 December 2016 |
References
- ↑ http://thehill.com/policy/defense/311725-obama-signs-annual-defense-policy-bill-into-law
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-congress-idUSKBN13X26G
- ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/08/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-and-secretary-treasury
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090218/https://newsfortheworld2017blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090028/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/09/28/2017-21026/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act%7Carchivedate=October 4, 2017