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US house clears over $600 billion Bill to boost defence ties with India
July 17 , 2017
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• The US House of Representatives has passed a $ 621.5 billion defence expenditure bill that proposes to advance defence cooperation with India.
• The next fiscal year (2018) of the United States begins on October 1.An amendment of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018, beginning October 1 this year, was passed by the House.
• The bill allocates 40.3 lakh crore worth of money in defence sector.
• Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, brought the amendment bill urging to strengthen cooperation between India and US. This was was adopted by a voice vote by the House.
• Following the passage of the National Defence Authorisation Act, the Secretary of Defence and Secretary of State have 180 days to develop a strategy for advancing defence cooperation between the United States and India.
• NDAA needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to the White House for the US President Donald Trump to sign into law.
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