$3.4 MILLION SET FOR LOCAL FIRMS HOUSE-OK'D BILL GOES TO SENATE.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A $453.3 billion House defense appropriations bill that featured a statement reaffirming the nation's stance against torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. of detainees also includes $3.4 million in contracts for local technology companies. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act for the 2006 fiscal year is being debated in the Senate. The House of Representatives on Monday approved its version 308-106. The bill includes funds for the following national security and defense projects in Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon's 25th District: --$2 million to Vista Controls to develop electronic and other upgrades for heavy armored vehicles such as Abrams tanks and the Bradley fighting vehicle. --Valencia-based H.R. Textron is slated to receive $1.4 million to research guided dispenser systems for armed unmanned aircraft Unmanned Aircraft (UA) is a term used in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) definition of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). UA refers to the aircraft portion of the system required to operate it, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. . ``I am pleased with the funding levels that we received for these important defense and national security projects in the 25th District,'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, said in a statement. ``They are vital to our continued fight in the global War on Terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism and in securing our homeland.'' The military spending bill also includes $12.1 million for the Edwards Air Force Research Lab to develop computer and propulsion Propulsion The process of causing a body to move by exerting a force against it. Propulsion is based on the reaction principle, stated qualitatively in Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. technology. Still, the bill has been stuck in the Senate over the past several days as Democrats filibustered the spending proposal over an attached provision allowing oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. It was originally protected in 1960 by order of Fred A. Seaton, the Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. . But the provision was defeated Wednesday when it fell four votes short of the 60 it needed to end debate and force a Senate vote. |
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