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      "summary": "Early on the morning on October 7, 2004, a conference agreement on the FY2005 defense\nauthorization bill ( H.R. 4200 ) was announced. The House approved the conference\nagreement by a vote of 359-14 on October 8, and the Senate approved it by unanimous consent on\nOctober 9. The President signed the bill into law ( P.L. 108-375 ) on October 23. On the key issues,\nconferees rejected a House provision to delay military base closures; authorized purchases, but not\nleasing, of Boeing KC-767 or other refueling aircraft; increased statutory caps on Army and Marine\nCorps active duty end-strength in FY2005 by 23,000; rejected a House provision that would limit\npurchases of defense goods from nations that require offsets for purchases of U.S. weapons; and\nincreased benefits for 62-and-older survivors of military retirees.\n \n Earlier, on July 22, 2004, both the House (by a vote of 410-12) and the Senate (by a vote of\n96-0) approved a conference agreement on the FY2005 defense appropriations bill\n( H.R. 4613 ). The President signed the bill into law ( P.L. 108-287 ) on August 5, 2004. \nThe conference agreement provides $391.2 billion for regular Department of Defense programs,\nabout $1.7 billion below the Administration request, $25 billion in emergency funds for operations\nin Iraq and Afghanistan, $685 million for State Department operations in Iraq, $95 million for\nassistance to refugees in Sudan and Chad, $500 million for fire fighting, $50 million for security at\nthe party conventions, and $26 million for a federal judiciary shortfall. Later, the energy and water\nappropriations bill, included in the consolidated appropriations bill ( H.R. 4818 ),\nrescinded $300 million in regular FY2005 defense appropriations.\n \n The appropriations conference agreement resolves what was, perhaps, the major defense issue\nin Congress this year: whether to provide additional funds for ongoing operations in Iraq and\nAfghanistan. On May 12, after considerable prodding from Congress, the Administration requested\n$25 billion to cover costs for the next few months. The key issue in Congress then became how\nmuch flexibility to grant the Defense Department in allocating the funds. None of the congressional\ndefense committees agreed to the Administration request for full funding flexibility. The conference\nagreement on the appropriations bill provides $3.8 billion of the funds in a flexible transfer account,\nof which $1.8 billion is for classified programs, leaving $2 billion available for unforseen expenses. \nThe remainder is provided in regular defense appropriations accounts subject to standard procedures\nrequiring advance congressional approval if funds are shifted between accounts. The appropriations\nconference report also resolves a number of major weapons issues. It makes substantial cuts in a few\nhigh-profile weapons programs, including the Space-Based Radar and the Transformational\nCommunications Satellite. It approves funding to begin construction of the Navy DD(X) destroyer\nand Littoral Combat Ship. \n \n One other major defense policy issue was resolved in action on the energy and water\nappropriations bill. In floor votes on the defense authorization bill, both the House and the Senate\nrejected amendments to eliminate funds for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator nuclear warhead\nand new low-yield nuclear weapons development. The conference agreement on the energy and\nwater appropriations bill, however, following the House, eliminates funds for both programs.",
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