National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 explained

Shorttitle:Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
Longtitle:An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Enacted By:111th
Cite Statutes At Large: through
Introducedin:House
Introducedbill:
Introducedby:Ike Skelton (DMO)
Introduceddate:December 15, 2010
Committees:House Armed Services Committee
Passedbody1:House
Passeddate1:December 17, 2010
Passedvote1:341–48
Passedbody2:Senate
Passeddate2:December 22, 2010
Signedpresident:Barack Obama
Signeddate:January 7, 2011

The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, is a law in the United States signed by President Barack Obama on January 7, 2011. As a bill it was originally in the 111th Congress and later co-sponsored by Representative Ike Skelton as H.R. 6523 and renamed. The overall purpose of the law is to authorize funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs.

Commitments includes setting aside $205 million for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system for the State of Israel.[1] Section 806 dealt with supply chain risk management, allowing restrictions on information made available under relevant procurement exercises where requirements for the protection of national security applied.[2]

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  1. https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ383/PLAW-111publ383.pdf National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
  2. https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ383/PLAW-111publ383.pdf National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011