HOUSE & SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEES RELEASE BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDING FOR NNSA & SMRS

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have released  their plan for $150 billion in additional defense spending for the FY2025 budget through “reconciliation”, a strategy that will enable Republicans to pass their ambitious budget bills without the threat of a Senate filibuster. 

Appropriations in the bill relevant to ECA members include:

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

  • $200,000,000 to perform NNSA Phase 1 studies 

  • $540,000,000 to address deferred maintenance and repair needs of the NNSA

  • $1,000,000,000 to accelerate the construction of NNSA facilities

  • $400,000,000 to accelerate the development, procurement, and integration of the warhead for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile

  • $500,000,000 to accelerate primary capability modernization

  • $500,000,000 to accelerate secondary capability modernization

  • $100,000,000 to accelerate domestic uranium enrichment centrifuge deployment for defense purposes 

The bill also includes a provision to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) with $120,000,000 in funding for the “acceleration of development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for military use.”

To see the bill and associated press release, click here. 

The House is expected to vote on the bill today, which you can view by clicking here. If it is passed, it is expected to be rolled into the larger budget reconciliation package.

ECA will continue to monitor and looks forward to reporting when budget bills including appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Management (EM) will be unveiled. 

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