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
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national sec ...
(DOD) for Fiscal Year 2017.
History
''National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017'' law also authorizes "
Department of Energy 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
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integr ...
to combatant command status.
On March 20, 2017,
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
sent a
presidential memorandum
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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
Secretary of the Treasury with further delegations to the
financial sanctions 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
References
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U.S. National Defense Authorization Acts