National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 is a law in the United States
signed by President Barack Obama
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 United States
and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs.
Expanded federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender
, sexual orientation
, gender identity
, or disability
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
signed by President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
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 United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and its interests abroad, for military construction, and for national security-related energy programs.
Title I
- Subtitle D, Sections 132 & 133 repealed the FY 2009 F-22 Raptor fighter aircraftF-22 RaptorThe Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals...
funding and re-directed it to preserving the maintenance and tooling of the existing program.
Title XII
- Subtitle B - Success in Countering Al Qaeda Reporting Requirements Act of 2009
- Subtitle D - Victims of Iranian Censorship ActVictims of Iranian Censorship ActVictims 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...
(or the VOICE Act)
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- Authorizes the Secretary of State to continue efforts in support of Iranian dissidents
Title XVIII
- Military Commissions Act of 2009Military Commissions Act of 2009The United States House of Representatives passed a bill, known as the Military Commissions Act of 2009, which amended the Military Commissions Act of 2006.Formally, it is Title XVIII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ....
- completely amended the existing statutesMilitary Commissions Act of 2006The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Hamdan v...
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Division E
- Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Expanded federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
, sexual orientation
Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...
, gender identity
Gender identity
A gender identity is the way in which an individual self-identifies with a gender category, for example, as being either a man or a woman, or in some cases being neither, which can be distinct from biological sex. Basic gender identity is usually formed by age three and is extremely difficult to...
, or disability
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
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See also
- National Defense Authorization ActNational Defense Authorization ActThe National Defense Authorization Act is the name of a United States federal law that has been enacted for each of the past 48 fiscal years to specify the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense.-See also:...
- Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
- American Communities' Right to Public Information Act
- OPEN FOIA Act of 2009
- Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009