Defense News: The Pentagon will be stripped of its ability to shift funds within its budget next year if it doesn’t get buy-in from the congressional defense committees to reprogram $2.5 billion in defense funds for the border wall, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith told Bloomberg Government on Wednesday.
“We will zero out their reprogramming authority for fiscal year 2020,” Smith, D-Wash, reportedly said. “That is our position,” Smith said, referring to Democrats on both the House Armed Services and Appropriations panels.
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