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<title>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2021</title>
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<action-date>2021-07-01</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2021</strong></p> <p>This joint resolution provides $1 billion in supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense to assist the government of Israel with the acquisition, enhancement, maintenance, and sustainment of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.</p>]]></summary-text>
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