The bill provides $858 billion in funding for next year, which is $45 billion more than what the Biden administration had requested.
In a bipartisan vote, the House approved its annual military spending bill for 2023, including pay raises for those working in the Department of Defense and ending the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.The legislation includes a 4.6% pay increase for both military and civilian workers in the Department of Defense.
“We are pleased to announce we’ve come to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. This year’s agreement continues the Armed Services Committees’ 62-year tradition of working together to support our troops and strengthen America’s national security. We urge Congress to pass the NDAA quickly and the President to sign it when it reaches his desk,” members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee said in a joint statement.
“Our obligation is to defend the fighting men and women of the military, and so I'm standing with my colleagues. I believe we will have 41 Republicans who say we will not vote to take up the National Defense Authorization unless this body votes on protecting the servicemen and women,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
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