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<item congress="115" measure-type="hres" measure-number="995" measure-id="id115hres995" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-07-16" update-date="2018-10-11">
<title>Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation now faces a more complex and grave set of threats than at any time since the end of World War II, and that the lack of full, on-time funding related to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen at risk, harms national security, and aids the adversaries of the United States.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hres995v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-10-11">
<action-date>2018-07-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) failing to provide the U.S. military with full, stable, and on-time funding allows adversaries of the United States to close military capability gaps; and (2) providing full, stable, and on-time funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) is critically necessary to prevent these increased risks.</p> <p>Expresses the House's commitment to ending the funding uncertainty for DOD and to providing resources to U.S. servicemembers. <br /></p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id115hres995v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-09-25">
<action-date>2018-07-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) failing to provide the U.S. military with full, stable, and on-time funding allows adversaries of the United States to close military capability gaps; and (2) providing full, stable, and on-time funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) is critically necessary to prevent these increased risks.</p> <p>Expresses the House's commitment to ending the funding uncertainty for DOD and to providing resources to U.S. servicemembers. <br /></p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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