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US: Pentagon Bill Up For Vote This Week, Details Of Govt Funding CR Pending

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Congressional leaders released the final 1813-page draft textof the must-pass annual Pentagon funding bill – the National Defense Authorization Act – teeing up a vote in the House this week.

  • The final NDAA text fails to include a package of China-related bills that “would have essentially codified a Biden administration executive order restricting US investment in certain high-tech sectors in China," per Semafor.
  • Semafor notes that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), "who has been working for months to settle an internal Republican disagreement over the policy, is expected to attempt to attach [the China package] to the year-end continuing resolution — but that may prove difficult."
  • Punchbowl News reports: “Johnson’s first challenge is getting the [NDAA] measure through the Rules Committee, which is controlled by hardline conservatives from the House Freedom Caucus.”
  • If the Freedom Caucus opposes the bill, Johnson will have to move the bill under suspension of rules, requiring a two-thirds majority to clear the chamber. This NDAA is highly likely to pass despite last-minute disputes over partisan Republican policy riders, including language blocking IVF expansion for military families.   
  • Government funding expires in 11 days. Johnson is expected to seek a short-term Continuing Resolution to extend government funding into mid- to late-March. A longer extension would incur major cuts to defense and non-defense spending under the terms of the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act - the bill negotiated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden to raise the debt ceiling. 
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Congressional leaders released the final 1813-page draft textof the must-pass annual Pentagon funding bill – the National Defense Authorization Act – teeing up a vote in the House this week.

  • The final NDAA text fails to include a package of China-related bills that “would have essentially codified a Biden administration executive order restricting US investment in certain high-tech sectors in China," per Semafor.
  • Semafor notes that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), "who has been working for months to settle an internal Republican disagreement over the policy, is expected to attempt to attach [the China package] to the year-end continuing resolution — but that may prove difficult."
  • Punchbowl News reports: “Johnson’s first challenge is getting the [NDAA] measure through the Rules Committee, which is controlled by hardline conservatives from the House Freedom Caucus.”
  • If the Freedom Caucus opposes the bill, Johnson will have to move the bill under suspension of rules, requiring a two-thirds majority to clear the chamber. This NDAA is highly likely to pass despite last-minute disputes over partisan Republican policy riders, including language blocking IVF expansion for military families.   
  • Government funding expires in 11 days. Johnson is expected to seek a short-term Continuing Resolution to extend government funding into mid- to late-March. A longer extension would incur major cuts to defense and non-defense spending under the terms of the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act - the bill negotiated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden to raise the debt ceiling.