HOUSE E&W APPROPS: DEEP CUTS TO NNSA WEAPONS, NONPROLIF. PROGRAMS

摘要

Fresh off a grueling battle for Fiscal Year 2011 funding, the National Nuclear Security Administration is facing another round of deep cuts from House appropriators. The House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee cleared its version of the FY2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Act by voice vote this week, slashing the Obama Administration's request for the NNSA's weapons program and nonproliferation account. The subcommittee did not provide details about its cuts, choosing to wait until the full Appropriations Committee marks up the bill later this month to reveal the substance of the bill, but the top line figures include more than $1 billion in cuts to the NNSA's $11.7 billion budget request.