On this date, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed on theConference Report to Accompany H.R. 2670. The House moved on motion to suspend the rules and agree to the conference report (2/3 required) by a Yea/Nay vote of 310-118. The NDAA 2024 now goes to the President’s desk t...
The fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act contained few surprises for Department of Energy nuclearweapons programs, but final negotiations between the House and Senate this week did settle a few Capitol Hill disputesover more granular matters at the National Nuclear Security Administration....
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have rescheduled their respective full committee markups of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for June 21. The update follows both committees' decision to delay their original NDAA markup plans due to the debt ceiling negotia...
Space debris is an issue that has been gaining growing interest, not only from Congress, but alsofrom NASA and the Federal Communications Commission. The version included in the 2023 NDAA is more similar to the House version of the amendment, which required a report on orbital debris. A port...
The bill, which supports $778 billion for national security spending, was filed in lieu of a traditional conference report and combines the text passed by the Senate Armed Services Committee in July and the House bill passed in September. (The NDAA authorizes $768 billion in top-line ...
Some other tech-related amendments that made it into the final House bill include: A report on risks of low-earth orbitspace debrisand plans to minimize it. To expand a Space National Guard’s presence tolocationswith “a significant space launch or mission control facilities” – an amendment...
Some other tech-related amendments that made it into the final House bill include: A report on risks of low-earth orbitspace debrisand plans to minimize it. To expand a Space National Guard’s presence tolocationswith “a significant space launch or mission control facilities” – an amendmen...
The White House called for swift passage of the defense bill, saying it "provides the critical authorities we need to build the military required to deter future conflicts while supporting the servicemembers and their spouses and families who carry out that mission every day." ...
Millions of dollars in additional funding for CISA is also tied up in the Build Back Better package, which was passed by the House and is up for debate in the Senate.The physical infrastructure bill signed into law earlier this month also contains nearly $2 billion in new cybersecurity ...
Trump is using his final hours in office to sow chaos, including by denying our servicemembers a long-overdue pay raise and hazard duty pay; our families paid family leave, child care, housing and health protections; and our veterans the benefits that they need and deserve,” House Speaker ...