The fiscal 2017 defense appropriations bill that the House will vote on this week includes almost $900 million more in shipbuilding and conversion funds than the bill that passed the House last year.
The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the fiscal 2017 defense appropriations bill, which already passed the House by a 282-138 vote last Congress, but failed to clear the Senate.
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