United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4264 (100th)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989
Introduced
28 March 1988
Last action
4 August 1988 · ResolvingDifferences
Status
Motion to Table Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 241 - 164 (Record Vote No: 263).
Sponsors
Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1], Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2]
Subjects
Defence, Taxation
Source updated
6 June 2025
Summary
Department of Defense Amended Budget Authorization Act, 1989 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations to the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force for FY 1989 for the following: (1) aircraft; (2) missiles; (3) weapons and tracked combat vehicles; (4) ammunition; (5) shipbuilding and conversion; and (6) other procurement. Authorizes appropriations to the defense agencies for FY 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the destruction of lethal chemical weapons. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 to add recognition of a recent Memorandum of Understanding and other follow-on support agreements to the authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in connection with the NATO Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the armed forces and the defense agencies for research, development, testing, and evaluation. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for operation and maintenance for the following: (1) the armed forces and the armed forces reserves; (2) the defense agencies; (3) the National Guard; (4) the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (5) defense claims; (6) the Court of Military Appeals; and (7) environmental restoration, defense. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 for the working capital funds of the armed forces and the defense agencies. Title IV: Personnel Authorizations - Part A: Active Forces - Authorizes end strengths for active-duty forces for FY 1989. Part B: Reserve Forces - Authorizes end strengths for the reserve forces for FY 1989. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive such end strengths in a specified percentage and requires such end strengths to be reduced in a specified manner. Authorizes end strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves for FY 1989. Increases the number of members in certain grades authorized to be on active duty in support of the reserves. Authorizes average military training student loads for the armed forces, the reserves, and the National Guard for FY 1989. Requires the adjustment of such student loads consistent with the end strengths for active and reserve forces. Title V: General Provisions - Repeals a current Federal provision requiring the Congress to authorize end strengths for civilian personnel of the Department of Defense as of the end of each fiscal year. Increases the authorized maximum annual limitation for cross-servicing agreements with allied countries (amounts used for mutual defense of the United States and NATO countries).
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Timeline
28 March 1988
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 1988
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 March 1988
Reported
Ordered to be Reported.
Source: Committee
29 March 1988
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
5 April 1988
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 340.
Source: Calendars
5 April 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Armed Services. Report No: 100-563.
Source: Committee
5 April 1988
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Armed Services. Report No: 100-563.
Source: Committee
25 April 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.435 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
25 April 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Open Rule Providing Two Hours of General Debate.
Source: Floor
26 April 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
26 April 1988
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.436 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for the Further Consideration.
Source: Floor
28 April 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
28 April 1988
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
29 April 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
2 May 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
3 May 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
4 May 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
5 May 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
11 May 1988
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 252 - 172 (Record Vote No: 126).
Source: Floor
11 May 1988
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 252 - 172 (Record Vote No: 126).
Source: Floor
11 May 1988
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
11 May 1988
Floor
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Source: Floor
19 May 1988
Introduced
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 679.
Source: Calendars
27 May 1988
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2355 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
27 May 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Nunn; Stennis; Exon; Levin; Kennedy; Bingaman; Dixon; Glenn; Gore; Wirth; Shelby; Warner; Thurmond; Humphrey; Cohen; Quayle; Wilson; Gramm; Symms; McCain.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
27 May 1988
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
7 June 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 June 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 June 1988
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 June 1988
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 June 1988
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Aspin, Bennett, Stratton, Nichols, Montgomery, Dellums, Schroeder, Byron, Mavroules, Skelton, McCurdy, Foglietta, Lloyd, Sisisky, Ray, Spratt, McCloskey, Ortiz, Darden, Robinson, Bustamante, Boxer.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 June 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
10 June 1988
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 July 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 100-753 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 July 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and official papers held at the desk in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
7 July 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 100-753 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 July 1988
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.492 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
12 July 1988
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Waiving All Points of Order Against Consideration of the Conference Report.
Source: Floor
14 July 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report considered in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 July 1988
Vote
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-30. Record Vote No: 252.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 July 1988
Floor
Motion to recommit conference report with instructions made in Senate.
Source: Floor
14 July 1988
Vote
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 229 - 183 (Record Vote No: 233).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
14 July 1988
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 229 - 183 (Record Vote No: 233).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
25 July 1988
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
25 July 1988
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
25 July 1988
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
3 August 1988
President
Vetoed by President.
Source: President
3 August 1988
President
Vetoed by President.
Source: President
3 August 1988
Referred
Veto Message and Bill Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: Veto
4 August 1988
Floor
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Source: Floor
4 August 1988
Vote
Motion to Table Agreed to in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 241 - 164 (Record Vote No: 263).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 August 1988
ResolvingDifferences
Motion to Table Made in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
Votes
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Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 7 July 1988
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 27 May 1988
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 11 May 1988
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 5 April 1988
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 28 March 1988
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Sponsors
- Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Dickinson, William L. [R-AL-2] · R · Sponsor
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- related to → A bill to extend the deadline of destroying chemical weapons.
- related to → Amended Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989
- related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4264) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1989 amended budget request for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for such Department for fiscal year 1989, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.
- related to → A resolution providing for the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 4264) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1989 amended budget request for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for such Department for fiscal year 1989, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.
- related to → A resolution waiving certain points of order against the conference report on the bill (H.R. 4264) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, and against the consideration of such conference report.
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- amends ← An amendment to express the sense of Congress that the next Trident ballistic missile submarine deployed after enactment of this bill should be named the U.S.S. Melvin Price.
- amends ← An amendment to permanently ban the testing of the miniature homing vehicle anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon against an object in space unless the President certifies to Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test.
- amends ← An amendment to ban nuclear explosive tests with a yield exceeding one kiloton, and to ban tests conducted outside designated test areas as long as the Soviet Union observes the same ban.
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Sources
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