Consolidated Appropriations – Occupied territories and devils in the detail

The US recently saw the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017 (to employ its official short title) become law.

When first seen by the blog in April 2017 the Act was 1665 pages of rather dreary looking text that only interest groups would scour looking for relevant sections the would hope to see – or not.  Prima facie an otherwise particularly wearisome read relating to funding that in its entirety relatively few readers would tackle with any enthusiasm.