by ADC | Jun 29, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House will consider the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill the week of July 11, CQ reported. As usual, the floor debate is likely to stretch for days and include hundreds of amendments. The House Armed Services Committee’s bill authorizes up to $850.4...
by ADC | Jun 23, 2022 | Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee added $37 billion to the Biden administration’s defense budget request at its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act, despite opposition from Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who said money isn’t necessarily the answer...
by ADC | Jun 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Energy, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, NDAA, On Base
On Base previously reported on some of the items included in House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) draft National Defense Authorization Act. Here are some of the provisions the committee added during its markup of the bill Wednesday, before...
by ADC | Jun 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, DCIP, Defense Budget, Infrastructure, NDAA, On Base
The House Armed Services Committee will mark up the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill at 10 a.m. Eastern time today. The hearing, expected to stretch into the evening, will be streamed online. “This year’s NDAA brings together ideas from across the Armed...
by ADC | Jun 22, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, Housing, Infrastructure, Military Families, NDAA, On Base, Water
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday will consider Chair Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. Here are some of the provisions included in his bill, based on the text, a summary and media reports: 6% pay increase...
by ADC | Jun 21, 2022 | Defense Budget, Military Families, NDAA, On Base
The defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee last week includes a provision to expand the “basic needs allowance” that helps lower-income military families, CQ reported. The allowance was enacted in the fiscal year 2022 defense bill....
by ADC | Jun 21, 2022 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, NDAA, On Base, Veterans
The House Armed Services Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern time for its annual marathon session marking up the National Defense Authorization Act. The hearing will be streamed online. The House Appropriations Committee will meet at the same...
by ADC | Jun 15, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee will meet behind closed doors today to mark up the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. Subcommittees have advanced portions of the bill this week, mostly in closed sessions. The bill text has not been released, but much of...
by ADC | Jun 13, 2022 | Congress/DoD, NDAA, On Base
The Senate Armed Services Committee begins marking up its version of the fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill with a series of subcommittee hearings today and tomorrow. Most of the hearings are closed to the public, except for the Readiness and Management...