A 2021 spending bill the House Appropriations Committee passed this week would prohibit development of a proposed new nuclear warhead for the Navy while upping investments in infrastructure to produce new plutonium triggers - but not by as much as the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) wants. That is according to a detailed bill report for the 2021 energy and water development legislation passed last week by the House Appropriations energy and water subcommittee. The full committee approved the bill Monday on a 30-21 partisan line vote. A House aide said the bill should make it to the House floor the week of July 27. The Senate Appropriations Committee had not unveiled its preferred NNSA budget at deadline Friday.
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