Even after the $1 trillion infrastructure bill and the $2 trillion Build Back Better legislation before Congress now, plans are being made to have the National Defense Authorization Act be about much more than defense.
Each year, both the Senate and House Armed Services Committee pass a defense authorization bill, which does not appropriate money but expresses the will of Congress both on spending and on policy and organizational matters.
The legislation authorizes spending for the Department of Defense, nuclear weapons programs of the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense elements of the Intelligence Community, and defense-related activities at other federal agencies.
Despite the two enormous spending bills Congress probably will have approved before it takes up the National Defense Authorization Act, it is doubtful its provisions will be limited to things related even remotely to national defense.
As for the defense authorization legislation, it already carries earmarks, including one to provide UH-60 Blackhawks for the Army National Guard.
There's nothing new about unrelated provisions in defense bills.
The first federal hate crime laws passed as part of the defense authorization legislation of 2009.
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Friday, November 26, 2021
Keep the Defense Spending Bill About Defense
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