Approps Bill OK'd

By John Liang / May 17, 2012 at 4:06 PM

The House Appropriations Committee just approved the $519 billion defense-spending bill for fiscal year 2013 by a voice vote. It also approved $88.5 billion for overseas contingency operations.

Click here to view the draft report accompanying the bill, and here to view the committee's statement.

Appropriators on the Senate side have yet to schedule a mark-up date for their version of the bill.

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