House Approves $768 Billion Defense Spending Bill

December 8, 2021 Government, Military

CBS News reports:

The House on Monday night approved the 2022 annual defense bill, which authorizes programs and spending guidelines for the Pentagon and other national security programs, includes changes to military prosecutions, more money for Ukraine and a pay raise for service members.

The bill had bipartisan support, garnering 363 votes. Fifty-one Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.

This year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes a topline funding of $768 billion for defense and national security with $740 billion designated for the Department of Defense — which was $25 billion more for the Pentagon than President Biden had requested.

The Washington Post reports:



Several key policy provisions that had won clear majority support in Congress — including to more broadly change the military justice system, require women to register with Selective Service and repeal the Iraq War authorization — were discarded as lawmakers in the House and Senate raced to strike a compromise. Their omission caused an uproar among some lawmakers, even as others cheered the legislation as comprehensive and historic.

Though there has not been a draft since 1973, including women was touted as a necessary and largely noncontroversial change to acknowledge the increased parity between female and male service members. But the provision was a pet peeve of Sen. James M. Inhofe (Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who took credit Tuesday for excising it from the defense bill.

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