Key Votes
S 1050 - Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization-Passage - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Joe Biden, Jr. voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Joe Biden, Jr. made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (98-1) - May 22, 2003 (Key vote)
Title: Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization-Passage
Vote to pass a bill that would approve a 3.2 percent real increase in funding for the Department of Defense and for the national security programs at the Department of Energy.
- Revokes a 10-year prohibition on exploration and expansion of low-yield nuclear weapons, develops research for nuclear 'bunker-busting' bombs and condenses the calendar for the Energy Department to prepare for new nuclear tests.
- Eliminates two F/A-22 Raptor aircrafts the 22 total requested by the Pentagon.
- Creates a 3.7 percent increase for all uniformed service personnel.
- Allocates $9.1 billion for ballistic missile defense study advancement and procurement.
- Provides $400 million more than the level of funding asked, for the advancing of homeland defense capabilities, including $88.4 million to fund 12 additional National Guard weapons of mass destruction civil support teams.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - May 13, 2003
Title: Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization-Passage
Sponsors
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
