Congress included text in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 ( passed in 1993 ) requiring the military to abide by regulations essentially identical to the 1982 absolute ban policy.

DARPA was created as the Advanced Research Projects Agency ( ARPA ) by the Supplemental Military Construction Authorization ( Air Force ) ( Public Law 85-325 ) and Department of Defense Directive 5105. 15, in February 1958.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.

The Senate approved an amendment to the 1985 Defense Authorization Bill on June 13, 1985 which changed the precedence from immediately above the Good Conduct Medal to immediately above the Meritorious Service Medals.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 ( Public Law 105-85 ) changed the criteria to delete authorization for award of the Purple Heart to any civilian national of the United States while serving under competent authority in any capacity with the Armed Forces.

# The Montgomery Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987

# The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 Pub. L.

# The National Defense Authorization Act 2008 Pub. L.

In 2006, the Congress modified the Insurrection Act as part of the 2007 Defense Authorization Bill ( repealed as of 2008 ).

These changes were included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (), which was signed into law on October 17, 2006.

In 2012, U. S. President Barack Obama signed the 2012 Defense Authorization Act into law.

* John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

An amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Bill authorized a review of the monument's condition.

Final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 ( H. R.

It was not until the National Defense Authorization Act in 1992 that the position was made a full voting member of the JCS.

1585, the " National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ", even though the House of Representatives had designated agents to receive presidential messages before adjourning.

NIMA was established on October 1, 1996 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.

With the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 on 24 November 2003, NIMA was renamed NGA, to better reflect its primary mission in the area of GEOINT.

In 2011, McClintock voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.

The 2003 military appropriations authorization act was named after him in recognition of his commitment to the military as the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

5122, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 in the Oval Office at the White House.

The bill to enable the Act was approved by a voice vote in the Senate and added to a Department of Defense Authorization bill, but was removed following a veto threat by President George W. Bush, opposition by the House Republican leadership, and opposition to unrelated provisions of the bill regarding the Iraq War.

The public law in question, which began as S. 1160, was the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986, sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

was later modified by, Nov. 29, 1989, which originated from H. R. 2461, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 and 1991.

Research and development activities undertaken by the Secretary shall be coordinated or conducted jointly with the Department of Defense to the end that developments under this Act which are primarily of a civil nature will contribute to the defense of the Nation and that developments which are primarily of a military nature will, to the greatest practicable extent compatible with military and security requirements, be available to advance the purposes of this Act and to strengthen the civil economy of the Nation.

Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National Guard contained in the 1960 Department of Defense Appropriation Act should likewise be dropped.

The latest major change in this program was introduced by the National Defense Education Act of 1958, Title 8, of which amended the George-Barden Act.

For the Smith-Hughes, George-Barden, and National Defense Act of 1958, the cumulative total of Federal expenditures in 42 years was only about $740 million.

The Title 8, program of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 was a great spur to this trend toward area schools.

What could rescue the bill would be some quick progress on a bill amending the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

* 1949 – U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.

On September 21, 1996, barely three years after the " Don't Ask, Don't Tell " imbroglio, and further straining relations with the LGBT community, Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ), which defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman.

In a July 2, 2011 editorial the New York Times opined, " The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted in 1996 as an election-year wedge issue, signed by President Bill Clinton in one of his worst policy moments.

* Defense Base Act ( DBA ) insurance provides coverage for civilian workers hired by the government to perform contracts outside the US and Canada.

After the perpetrator of President Reagan's assassination attempt was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.

* 1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450, 000 men.

* 1947 – Cold War: U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.

In 1958 the National Defense Education Act was passed with the encouragement of many legislators who feared the United States education system was falling behind that of the Soviet Union.

This came about when President Eisenhower enacted a bill called the National Defense Education Act.

Teaching of evolution was effectively barred from United States public school curricula by the outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial, but in the 1960s the National Defense Education Act led to Biological Sciences Curriculum Study reintroducing teaching of evolution.

* October 1 – U. S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater – Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.

* November 25 – U. S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U. S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947.

Gray worked with the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ), who worked with the EPA to write the bill that became law as part of the Clean Air Act of 1990.