Defense Authorization

Congressional leaders last week completed much of their work on settling differences between House and Senate versions of the annual must-pass defense-policy bill.

The Senate’s version of the annual defense policy bill passed with a critical provision to ensure the Guard has adequate funds needed to repair and maintain equipment used in state emergencies.

The Adjutants General Association of the United States and NGAUS have called on congressional defense leaders to include the bipartisan Guarding Readiness Resources Act in the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

Senate lawmakers hit the ground running Tuesday by voting to proceed to debate on the annual defense policy bill.

Both the House and Senate Armed Services committees include a 3.8% base pay increase for service members in their respective versions of the annual defense policy bill.

Lawmakers are trying to finalize the nation's annual defense policy bill and a separate measure to fund the federal government through March 2025.

After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have released their conference committee fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a lame-duck session to complete the 118th Congress' business, including addressing the nation's annual defense policy bill and funding the federal government for fiscal 2025.

This figures to be a formative week in Congress for the development of the nation's annual defense policy bill.

The National Guard would get another four-star general, parental leave parity and progress toward fighter recapitalization in the compromise fiscal...

Congress returned to a full plate of work this week, including the must-pass, always voluminous defense policy bill. To send the fiscal 2024 National...

The House and Senate are preparing to reconcile differences in their versions of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, and NGAUS has...