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Larry Combest: the perfecting amendment to the Dicks amendment would simply indicate that the Secretary of Defense may not obligate or…

On the recordMay 22, 1996
the perfecting amendment to the Dicks amendment would simply indicate that the Secretary of Defense may not obligate or spend any of the funds until the Secretary has submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House and Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a detailed cost analysis and report on specifically how the funding would be used.
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Larry Combest
Texas

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Discussing an amendment related to funding oversight for the Department of Defense.

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