{"id":1977212,"date":"2023-07-19T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-begins-consideration-of-2024-national-defense-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:31:30","slug":"senate-begins-consideration-of-2024-national-defense-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-begins-consideration-of-2024-national-defense-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate starts reviewing 2024 Defense Bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-begins-consideration-of-2024-national-defense-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div \u2062class=\"post_content\">\n\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<h2>The Senate\u200d Takes\u200d a\u2063 Step \u200bForward \u2063on\u2064 the National Defense \u200bAuthorization Act<\/h2>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The Senate \u2064voted\u2063 on July\u2062 18 to begin\u2062 consideration \u200cof the\u200d National Defense Authorization \u200bAct\u2064 (NDAA) \u200bfor\u2063 the \u200cfiscal\u200c year \u20632024, \u200cbringing it\u2063 one\u200d step closer \u2062to a \u2063final passage.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Senators voted 72 \u200cto\u2063 25 to invoke cloture\u200b on the\u200d motion to\u200b proceed\u200b to\u2064 its version \u2062of\u2064 the\u2063 bill, \u200dwhich sets\u200c forth policies\u2062 for Department of\u2062 Defense \u2064(DOD) programs and\u2062 activities,\u200b as well as military\u2062 construction, and \u200dthe Department\u200c of \u2062Energy\u2019s \u2064(DOE) national\u2062 security \u200cprograms.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 the bill\u200b authorizes appropriations,\u2064 it\u200b does not provide budget authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 $886 billion \u200bdefense package\u2064 authorizes\u200d $844.3 billion for the DOD\u2064 and\u200c $32.4 billion for \u200dnational \u2064security \u2063programs\u200c within\u2064 the DOE.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>It \u200dalso\u2063 includes a 5.2 percent \u2062pay\u200c raise for both\u2064 military servicemembers and\u200d the\u2064 DOD\u200d civilian\u200d workforce, according \u2062to\u200b a \u2064summary \u200b(<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy2024_ndaa_executive_summary.pdf\">pdf<\/a>)\u200d from the\u200c Senate Armed Services \u2063Committee, \u200cand extends the\u200b Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative \u2063(USAI) through fiscal year\u200c 2027.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Other notable \u2062provisions \u200din \u200dthe bill are increased funding for \u2063a number\u2063 of initiatives to\u2064 respond \u2062to\u2064 evolving\u2062 threats,\u200d including research\u2062 on\u2064 foreign\u2064 malign influence \u200doperations \u2064and \u200da \u201ccomprehensive training,\u200d advising, \u2064and \u2064institutional capacity-building\u2064 program\u2063 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military forces<\/a>\u200b of\u2062 Taiwan,\u201d \u2062amid increasingly\u2063 aggressive\u200c actions \u200cfrom \u2062China.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 addition,\u200c the \u2062bill\u200d would \u2063extend the DOD\u2019s\u200d authority\u200b to \u2064\u201cprovide\u200d training \u200dfor\u200d Eastern \u2063European \u200bnational\u200d military\u200b forces \u2062in\u200c the course \u2064of multilateral\u200b exercises\u201d\u2062 and modifies\u2063 the authority \u200cto\u2062 \u201cinclude the Republic \u2064of Kosovo\u2062 among the list of countries eligible to receive\u200b training\u201d \u2062amid \u2062rising\u2063 tensions\u2064 in \u2062the Balkans.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <figure\u2064 id=\"attachment_5386939\" style=\"width:\u2064 600px\" \u2063class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\u200c \u2063 \u2062  <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11\/id5386939-President-Tsai-Ing-wen-and-Kevin-McCarthy-2_JF_04052023-1200x745.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u2064\u2063    \u200d<figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2063 \u2064  <\/a><br \/>\n \u200d   \u200dTaiwan\u2019s president, Tsai\u200d Ing-wen,\u2062 and \u2064House Speaker\u200d Kevin McCarthy\u200c at \u200bthe\u2063 Ronald Raegan Presidential Library\u2062 in Simi \u200bValley, Calif.,\u200c on\u2062 April 5,\u200d 2023. (John \u200dFredricks\/The \u200bEpoch Times)<br \/>\n\u2062  \u200c<\/figure>\n<p>\u200d \u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>House \u2063Passes NDAA<\/h2>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere \u200bthe bill \u2062funds a \u200bjoint\u2063 DOD-NNSA \u2064program to \u201cdevelop a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-begins-consideration-of-2024-national-defense-bill\/\" title=\"Senate starts reviewing 2024 Defense Bill.\">nuclear-armed\u2062 sea-launched cruise\u2064 missile<\/a>\u2064 to address\u2062 China\u2019s nuclear \u2062breakout and\u200c Russia\u2019s \u200ccontinued aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>It \u200calso includes \u200dmeasures aimed\u200d at \u200bcountering fentanyl \u200dtrafficking \u2064and \u200bcracking down \u2064on transnational criminal\u200d organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u200d <\/p>\n<p>While speaking on \u2063the \u200dSenate floor\u200b prior to the \u2062vote, Senate majority leader\u2063 Chuck\u2063 Schumer (D-N.Y.) noted that Democrats and\u200c Republicans\u2062 have\u2063 worked\u200c \u201cin \u2062good\u2064 faith\u201d \u2062to pass\u2062 the\u200b NDAA\u2063 for \u200cmore than six decades,\u200d and \u2063said\u200b he \u2063hopes \u200blawmakers\u2063 on\u2063 both\u200d sides \u200bof\u200b the aisle \u2064will continue to have an\u200b \u201copen\u2063 and constructive amendment process\u201d \u2062for\u2064 the 2024 \u200dNDAA, \u2063\u201cwithout needless\u200c delay\u200c or dilatory tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The Republican-controlled House \u200cearlier \u2063this month\u2062 passed\u200d its own version\u2064 of the \u2063NDAA \u200cthat\u200c includes \u2062amendments\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures\/\" title=\"House approves defense bill with limits on abortion, transgender procedures.\">restrict abortion coverage<\/a> and \u2063transgender \u2064procedures, as\u200b well \u200das \u2064diversity and inclusion\u200d initiatives at\u200b the Department of Defense, among \u2063other\u200c things.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically,\u200c the\u200d House\u2062 NDAA \u2063includes\u200d provisions \u200dthat repeal\u200c the \u2062Pentagon\u2019s new \u200cpolicy reimbursing \u200dtravel\u200b costs \u200bfor \u200bmilitary \u2064members who \u2063seek \u2063abortions \u2064from states\u2062 where such \u200bprocedures \u200care allowed. It \u200dalso\u200c bans\u2063 Pentagon\u2064 health\u2064 care\u2064 programs \u2062from providing \u200csurgeries and\u2064 hormone treatments for\u2064 transgender \u200cpersonnel.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>That \u2063version\u200b also\u2063 includes \u2063more standard \u2063provisions,\u2063 such as increasing\u200d America\u2019s\u200d nuclear deterrent and a 5.2 percent \u200dmilitary\u200d pay \u2062increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u2064 <figure\u200c id=\"attachment_5404799\" style=\"width:\u200c 600px\" \u200bclass=\"wp-caption\u200c alignnone\">\n \u200b \u2064  <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17\/id5404799-Chuck-Schumer-1200x835.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u2062<figcaption \u200dclass=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2062  <\/a><br \/>\n\u200d  \u2064 \u2063 Senate majority\u200d leader Charles\u200b Schumer\u2064 (D-N.Y.) \u2062speaks to the \u200dmedia\u200d following\u200b the\u200d weekly\u200c policy\u200b luncheons\u200b at\u2064 the\u2064 U.S. \u200cCapitol<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 18, the Senate took a significant step towards passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024. 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