It is particularly striking that neither the House nor Senate Armed Services Committees have been asked to consider the implications of the repeal of the relevant statutory provision, Section 709 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Authorization Act of 1975.
As you are aware, the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2013 - the final text of which was agreed upon recently by House of Representatives and Senate Conferees, and will soon come to a vote before both bodies - contains a provision prohibiting the use of federal funds to transfer terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay to facilities inside the United States.
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Today the President made the determination required under Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 regarding the supply of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than Iran.
The group's call to action also mentions the recent death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, the National Defense Authorization Act, the use of military drones, Bradley Manning and warrantless wiretapping.
As you know, since the beginning of the administration, we have steadily ramped up pressure on Iran through a non-precedented set of sanctions that included the National Defense Authorization Act passed at the end of last year, which added considerable pressure by focusing on the Iranian banking and petroleum sectors in particular.
In January, Section 1277 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which expressly prohibits the use of funds to enter into any contracts or agreements with Rosoboronexport, was enacted into law.
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Today, following the Ethics in Government Act as required by the Ethics in Government Act, and with the authorization of the court supervising independent counsels, the Office of Independent Counsel submitted a referral to the House of Representatives containing substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for impeachment of the president of the United States.
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The Senate can correct the problem when it prepares the Senate (DELTE) version of the Coast Guard Authorization Act 2008.
The Michigan House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit state cooperation with any federal attempt to implement Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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The report, prepared by technical and space policy experts from the Departments of Defense and State, with support from the Intelligence Community and NASA, was conducted in accordance with Section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
On February 5, 2012, in order to take additional steps pursuant to this emergency, and to implement section 1245(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), I issued Executive Order 13599 blocking the property of the Government of Iran, all Iranian financial institutions, and persons determined to be owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, such parties.
By contrast, the U.S. Commerce Department (roughly MITI's counterpart) was unable to play a corresponding role despite the spirit of then-pending legislation (the Bingaman amendment to the FY1989 DOD Authorization Act) requiring Defense to consult with Commerce in the negotiation of bilateral memorandums of understanding.
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The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 sunsets on December 31, 2012 unless extended.
The just-enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Authorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 makes great strides against the Federal estate tax burden that otherwise would have taken hold January 1, 2011.
There has been a lot of anxiety across the country lately about the possibility that provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act could be used to have the military arrest American citizens and detain them indefinitely without due process.
Even more important, Secretary Aldrich directed the Overarching Integrated Product Team to review the V-22 program and make recommendations to the DAB relative to revising the program and making it more success-oriented, consistent with the terms of the FY02 National Defense Authorization Act (Sec 123 Public Law 107-107).
Your letter of invitation requested that I comment on the workforce provisions in the recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2008 and the Accountability in Government Contracting Act of 2007 (S. 680), which passed the Senate on November 7, 2007.
Certainly, as the signatories pointedly reminded President Clinton on 19 September, thanks to Section 232 of the Fiscal Year 1995 National Defense Authorization Act, U.S. law now demands that "any agreement that substantively modifies the ABM Treaty" be submitted to the Senate for its formal advice and consent.
House resolution 4310, the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, moves communications satellites and equipment off a list of restricted munitions managed by the U.S. Department of State and puts the technology under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Commerce Department.
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In the Hamdi case, the Supreme Court considered the relationship between the current Authorization for Use of Military Force and the Non-Detention Act, which prohibits the detention of a U.S. citizen, except where authorized by an Act of Congress.
To put that cost in perspective, in 2008 President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which expanded FMLA to include leave for certain qualified members of the military.
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The authorization for military force act has been invoked to justify drone strikes and other types of military action in places that no one could have predicted in 2001: places like Yemen and, increasingly, Africa.
Smith-Mundt and its amendments in the 1972 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, the 1985 Zorinsky Amendment, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring act of 1998 refer only to the State Department and USIA. The law is written very narrowly.
Two sections of the Patriot Act the "lone wolf" provision and "roving wiretaps" (both requiring authorization by a special court) were created precisely to identify and monitor an individual like Tamerlan Tsarnaev before he detonates a bomb in a crowded public place.
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