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An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an authorization bill, which directs how federal funds should or should not be used. (It does not set overall spending limits, however, which are the subject of appropriations bills.) Authorizations are typically made for single fiscal years (October 1 through September 30 of the next year) but are often renewed in subsequent law.
Sponsor. Senator for Oklahoma. Republican.
Read Text »This bill was introduced on June 5, 2018, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote. Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
Provisions of this bill also appear in:
H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Enacted — Signed by the President on Aug 13, 2018. (compare text)This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2987 (115th).
Jun 5, 2018 IntroducedBills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
Jun 5, 2018 Ordered ReportedA committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. The Senate Committee on Armed Services issued the report which may provide insight into the purpose of the legislation.
Jun 18, 2018 Related Bill — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2987 (115th).
Jul 26, 2018 Related Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next)This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2987 (115th).
Aug 1, 2018 Related Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by SenateThis activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2987 (115th).
Aug 13, 2018 Related Bill — Enacted — Signed by the PresidentThis activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5515 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 2987 (115th).
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 2987. This is the one from the 115 th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, S. 2987, 115th Cong. (2018).
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