$220M for all ship repairs approved

House Committee Rejects $100M Reprogramming Request To Repair Miami

/ August 17, 2012 at 10:40 PM
The House Appropriations Committee denied the Navy's request to transfer $100 million to begin funding repairs for the attack submarine Miami (SSN-755), which was badly damaged in a May 23 arson, but the panel "reluctantly" agreed to reprogram $220 million in current year funding for repairs to the vessel, according to documents obtained by InsideDefense.com . The Navy requested the money in the Defense Department's fiscal year 2012 omnibus reprogramming requests, signed June 26, which allows DOD to transfer money...

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