The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (, , 123 Stat. 2190.) is a law in the

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signed by President

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on October 28, 2009. As a bill it was H.R. 2647 in the 111th Congress. The overall purpose of the law is to authorize funding for the defense of the

and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs. HR 2647 - 2009-2010 Defense Appropriations House of Representatives vote

HR 2647 - 2009-2010 Defense Appropriations House of Representatives vote

HR 2647 - 2009-2010 Defense Appropriations Senate vote

Division A

3.4% basic military pay raise

Title I

* Subtitle D, Sections 132 & 133 repealed the FY 2009 F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft funding and re-directed it to preserving the maintenance and tooling of the existing program.

Title V

* Subtitle H -

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (or MOVE Act) is Subtitle H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (, , 123 Stat. 2190.) and was an act of Congress signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama on 28 Octobe ...

Title XII

* Subtitle B - Success in Countering Al Qaeda Reporting Requirements Act of 2009 * Subtitle D -

Victims of Iranian Censorship Act Victims of Iranian Censorship Act, more popularly called as the VOICE Act, is the Subtitle D of Title XII of Public Law 111-84, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, USA., legitimately passed and signed on October 28, 2009. O ...

(or

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) :: Authorizes the Secretary of State to continue efforts in support of Iranian dissidents

Title XVIII

Military Commissions Act of 2009 The Military Commissions Act of 2009, which amended the Military Commissions Act of 2006, was passed to address concerns by the United States Supreme Court. In ''Boumediene v. Bush'' (2008) the court had ruled that the Military Commissions Act ...

- completely amended the existing statutes.

Title XIX

* Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009

Division B

* Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Division E

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, as a rider to the National Defense Auth ...

Expanded federal

hate crime A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime or bias crime) is a prejudice-motivated crime which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of their membership (or perceived membership) of a certain social group or racial demograph ...

law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived

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gender identity Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent, and consistent with the i ...

, or

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References

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