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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Hall

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/26/06

1/27/06 HM 10

SHORT TITLE Pass Federal Defense Appropriation Bill First

SB

ANALYST

Baca

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 10 requests that Congress be commended for making the nation's defense its

first priority in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and that the members of the New Mexico congres-

sional delegation be requested to continue this important tradition by passing and enacting the

defense appropriations bill before all other spending bills in 2006 and in future years.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

HM 10 contains no appropriation. Any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the

bill are minimal and can be absorbed within existing budgets.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

HM 10 cites the heroism of the nation’s military personnel, decries the misuse of the appropria-

tions bill to “load up” pork barrel spending and holding the defense bill as a political hostage to

other appropriations bills. In the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9-11, giving defense spending

the highest priority in the appropriations is appropriate.

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