House passes $839 billion defense bill, more than Biden's request
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The House on Thursday passed an $839 defense authorization act bill for the 2023 fiscal year, $37 billion beyond what President Biden requested in his budget.
The Senate still needs to vote on its version of the National Defense Authorization Act before the two bills can be reconciled. The bipartisan vote in the House was 329-101. For the last six decades, the annual defense authorization bill has set the military's budget and policies for the year ahead.
The legislation fulfills the president's budget request to keep a military of approximately 2.1 million members. Among other things, the House bill gives service members and civilians a 4.6% pay raise for and includes inflation bonuses for service members and civilians earning less than $45,000 a year.
