by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House leaders scrambled late Wednesday to find a new way to bring the National Defense Authorization Act to the floor, with the Congressional Black Caucus threatening to vote against the rule allowing the bill to come up for consideration unless voting rights...
by ADC | Dec 8, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The negotiated NDAA does not create a separate Space Force Guard component, as some hoped it would. Instead, lawmakers are giving the Space Force a chance to explain its alternative idea to lean on part-time Guardians, as Military.com reported. The NDAA legislative...
by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, DCIP, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Force Culture, Military Families, NDAA, OLDCC, On Base
House and Senate negotiators released their fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act language late Tuesday. The compromise bill would: Authorize $858 billion for national defense, which is above the administration’s request but matches the amount...
by ADC | Dec 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, NDAA, On Base
The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act is “likely” to rescind Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 memo requiring all service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine, CQ reported Tuesday morning, citing “a source familiar with the matter.” The...
by ADC | Dec 5, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The House is planning a vote this week on a House-Senate negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act, CQ reported, citing House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer. If it passes there, the bill will go to the Senate. The language of the compromise bill was...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
Some Republicans are adamantly pushing to reverse the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and want to include it in the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which CQ noted may not happen. Advocates for the reversal may then eye the omnibus...
by ADC | Nov 30, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
Lawmakers seem confident they will pass a final defense authorization bill this year, CQ reported. Negotiators have spent a month working out an agreement between the Senate Armed Services Committee version of the NDAA with the version the House passed. “I hope we can...
by ADC | Nov 28, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
Current government spending runs out Dec. 16, and talks on an omnibus spending bill seem to have stalled before Thanksgiving, CQ reported last week. If negotiators are not able to reach a deal in the next three weeks, Congress will be forced to pass another continuing...
by ADC | Nov 17, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), poised to be the new House speaker, told reporters he wants to delay further action on the National Defense Authorization Act until Republicans take control of the House. “I’ve watched what the Democrats have done on...
