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 (D–MO) |
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]