:National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 law also authorizes "Department of Energy national security programs", benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes "authorities to facilitate" ongoing international operations for the Fiscal Year 2017. It includes a new bill passed against Russian propaganda to counter the spread of biased information.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} "Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692)".{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} The total of $618.7 billion in spending, over $67 billion of which is destined for the overseas contingency operations account. It notably leaves restrictions in place on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States mainland, and elevates Cyber Command to combatant command status.{{cite web|last1=KHEEL|first1=REBECCA|title=Obama signs annual defense policy bill into law|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/311725-obama-signs-annual-defense-policy-bill-into-law/|work=The Hill|date=23 December 2016|access-date=24 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Zengerle|first1=Patricia|title=U.S. Congress passes $618.7 billion annual defense bill|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-congress-idUSKBN13X26G|website=Reuters|date=8 December 2016|agency=Reuters|access-date=24 December 2016}}

On March 20, 2017, President Donald Trump sent a presidential memorandum to the Secretary of State delegating the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3132 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328).{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/20/presidential-memorandum-delegation-authority-under-national-defense|title=Presidential Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=March 20, 2017|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=March 21, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/04/10/2017-07331/delegation-of-authority-under-the-national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2017|title=Delegation of Authority Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=April 8, 2017|access-date=April 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200657/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/04/10/2017-07331/delegation-of-authority-under-the-national-defense-authorization-act-for-fiscal-year-2017|archive-date=April 9, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-04-10/pdf/2017-07331.pdf Alt URL] On September 8, 2017, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury with further delegations to the financial sanctions of certain countries on the list under [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/328?link-type=uslm#d8465e98895 section 1263] of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.{{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|author-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/08/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-and-secretary-treasury|title=Presidential Memorandum regarding the Delegation of Authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act|location=Washington, D.C.|language=en|date=September 8, 2017|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 3, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://newsfortheworld2017blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act/|title=Delegation of Authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act|author=|work=News For The World|publisher=Blogger|location=Singapore|agency=WordPress|date=September 9, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090218/https://newsfortheworld2017blog.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act/|archive-date=October 4, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/09/28/2017-21026/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act|title=Delegation of Authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, 201|work=Federal Register|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|location=Washington, D.C.|date=September 8, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090028/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/09/28/2017-21026/delegation-of-authority-under-the-global-magnitsky-human-rights-accountability-act|archive-date=October 4, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-09-28/pdf/2017-21026.pdf Alt URL]

• List of bills in the 114th United States Congress
• National Defense Authorization Act

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• [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-13740/uslm/COMPS-13740.xml National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017] as amended ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-13740/pdf/COMPS-13740.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-13740/ details]) in the GPO [https://www.govinfo.gov/help/comps Statute Compilations collection]
• [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/328?link-type=uslm National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017] as enacted ([https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/328?link-type=pdf&.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/328?link-type=details details]) in the US Statutes at Large
• {{USBill|114|s|2943}} on Congress.gov
• {{USBill|114|hr|4909}} on Congress.gov

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