Nunn–Cohen Amendment

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United States federal law defense authorization amendment

The Nunn–Cohen Amendment is a 1987 U.S. law that created a unified special operations command and funding authority, significantly strengthening and institutionalizing American special operations forces.

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Label	Occurrences
Nunn–Cohen Amendment canonical	2

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ defense authorization amendment ⓘ
addressed	perceived deficiencies in U.S. special operations capabilities ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Armed Forces ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense Special Operations Forces ⓘ surface form: United States special operations forces
coSponsor	William Cohen ⓘ surface form: William S. Cohen
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectiveDate	1987 ⓘ
established	Military Intelligence Program ⓘ surface form: Major Force Program 11 for special operations funding unified combatant command for special operations ⓘ
grantedAuthorityTo	Commander, United States Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command
historicalContext	post-Desert One and Grenada operations reforms ⓘ
impact	enhanced command and control of special operations forces ⓘ increased resources for special operations forces ⓘ institutionalized joint special operations planning and execution ⓘ
introducedIn	United States Congress ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Senate ⓘ
namedAfter	Sam Nunn ⓘ William Cohen ⓘ surface form: William S. Cohen
oversightBy	United States Congress ⓘ
partOf	Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 ⓘ surface form: Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act implementation era
policyArea	military organization ⓘ national defense ⓘ special operations ⓘ
provided	separate budget authority for special operations forces ⓘ
purpose	to create a unified special operations command ⓘ to provide dedicated funding authority for special operations forces ⓘ to strengthen and institutionalize U.S. special operations forces ⓘ
relatedTo	Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 ⓘ surface form: Goldwater–Nichols Act U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: United States Special Operations Command
resultedInCreationOf	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict ⓘ U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: United States Special Operations Command
sector	security and defense ⓘ
sponsor	Sam Nunn ⓘ
strengthened	institutional status of U.S. special operations forces ⓘ
timePeriod	late Cold War ⓘ
yearEnacted	1987 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Special Operations Command → legislatedBy → Nunn–Cohen Amendment ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Special Operations Command

SOCOM → legalBasis → Nunn–Cohen Amendment ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Special Operations Command