The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (, , 123 Stat. 2190.) is a law in the
United States
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signed by President
Barack Obama
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on October 28, 2009. As a bill it was H.R. 2647 in the
111th Congress
The 111th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It began during the last weeks of the George W. Bush administration, with th ...
. The overall purpose of the law is to authorize funding for the defense of the
United States
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and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs.
Division A
3.4% basic
military pay raise
Title I
* Subtitle D,
Sections 132 & 133 repealed the FY 2009
F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft funding and re-directed it to preserving the maintenance and tooling of the existing program.
Title V
* Subtitle H -
Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act
The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (or MOVE Act) is Subtitle H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (, , 123 Stat. 2190.) and was an act of Congress signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama on 28 Octobe ...
Title XII
* Subtitle B - Success in Countering Al Qaeda Reporting Requirements Act of 2009
* Subtitle D -
Victims of Iranian Censorship Act (or
the VOICE Act)
:: Authorizes the Secretary of State to continue efforts in support of Iranian dissidents
Title XVIII
*
Military Commissions Act of 2009
The Military Commissions Act of 2009, which amended the Military Commissions Act of 2006, was passed to address concerns by the United States Supreme Court.
In ''Boumediene v. Bush'' (2008) the court had ruled that the Military Commissions Act ...
- completely amended the
existing statutes.
Title XIX
* Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009
Division B
* Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Division E
*
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Expanded federal
hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived
gender
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,
sexual orientation
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,
gender identity
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, or
disability
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...
.
See also
*
National Defense Authorization Act
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is the name for each of a series of United States federal laws specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense. The first NDAA was passed in 1961. The U.S. Congress o ...
* Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
** American Communities' Right to Public Information Act
** OPEN FOIA Act of 2009
** Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009
References
U.S. National Defense Authorization Acts
Acts of the 111th United States Congress
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