Congress agrees to massive end-of-year spending bill

By Tony Bertuca / December 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM
Congress has agreed to a $2.3 trillion omnibus package for fiscal year 2021 that includes $900 billion in pandemic relief funds. The appropriations bill , once passed by the House and Senate and signed into law by the president, would provide $696 billion to the Defense Department , with $142.9 billion in total procurement spending and $107.4 billion in total research, development, test and evaluation funds. In FY-20, Congress enacted $143.7 billion in DOD procurement and $104.4 billion RDT&E. The...

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