The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $5.5 billion increase in fiscal year 2001 spending for the Defense Department in a supplemental bill intended to shore up immediate funding shortfalls. In a mark-up of the bill today, Committee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) added an amendment that shifts funds from military construction accounts to pay for upgrades to training facilities in Japan and new fuel storage tanks in Korea. Young's amendment also inserts language into the bill sharply criticizing the Pentagon's...
