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116TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116–453

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2021

R E P O R T

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

together with

MINORITY VIEWS

[TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 7617]

JULY 16, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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116TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116–453

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2021

R E P O R T

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

together with

MINORITY VIEWS

[TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 7617]

JULY 16, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 40–847 WASHINGTON : 2020

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