The Senate Armed Services Committee released its version of the National Defense Authorization Act Tuesday. The committee had approved the bill in a closed-door session June 22 by a vote of 24-1.

“As the nation faces a range of evolving threats, this NDAA would provide a historic level of support for our troops and their families,” Armed Services Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said in a press release. “It authorizes record-level investments in the people, platforms, and programs needed to deter adversaries and safeguard the nation.”

Like the House bill, the Senate NDAA would authorize around $886 billion for defense.

“I am hopeful that the Senate will consider other improvements, including a topline increase for the Department of Defense,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the committee’s top Republican, said in the same press release. “Adequate funding of our security needs would be a powerful show of resolve to our adversaries.”

You can also read the bill text, executive summary, bill report and funding tables.

It is unclear when the full Senate will consider the NDAA.

Army photo by Mr. John G. Martinez