The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (; NDAA 2017
Pub.L. 114-328 is a United States federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the
United States Department of Defense
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(DOD) for Fiscal Year 2017.
History
''National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017'' law also authorizes "
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national security programs", benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes "authorities to facilitate" ongoing international operations for the Fiscal Year 2017. It includes a new bill passed against Russian propaganda to counter the spread of biased information. "Also called the
Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692)". The total of $618.7 billion in spending, over $67 billion of which is destined for the overseas contingency operations account. It notably leaves restrictions in place on transferring
Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States mainland, and elevates
Cyber Command to combatant command status.
On March 20, 2017,
President
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sent a
presidential memorandum to the
Secretary of State delegating the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3132 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328). On September 8, 2017, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Secretary of State and
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with further delegations to the
financial sanctions
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of certain countries on the list under section 1263 of the
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
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See also
* List of bills in the 114th United States Congress
*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 ...
References
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U.S. National Defense Authorization Acts