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New version of the military spending bill includes $900 million boost in ship funding

By Jacqueline Klimas

Published March 6, 2017 8:03pm ET

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New version of the military spending bill includes $900 million boost in ship funding — Some of the biggest increases are for the new class of Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers, which would get $403.5 million more under the new bill, and the replacement for the amphibious assault ship, which would get $178.5 million more. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) | Bullit Marquez

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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