FOR THE RECORD CO N G R E S S I O N A L U PDAT E
RECENT ACTION U.S. House of Representatives On May 9, the House Armed Services Committee approved theNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012, H.R. 1540. The bill provides bud- get authority for DOD and the national security programs of the U.S. Department of Energy. On May 26, the full House passed the NDAA by a 322-96 vote.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the House version of the NDAA totals $690 billion in spending for FY12. The bill also contains provi- sions altering obligations for discretionary defense programs in 2013 and future years. Those implicit authorizations would affect force structure, DOD com- pensation and benefits, DOD’s use of multiyear procurement authority, and other programs and activities.
CBO’s full summary of the bill can be found at
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/ doc12202/hr1540.pdf.
The House passed the Defense Appro- priations Act for Fiscal Year 2012, H.R. 2219, on July 8. The bill can be viewed at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ pkg/BILLS-112hr2219eh/pdf/BILLS- 112hr2219eh.pdf.
U.S. Senate The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) unanimously passed its version of the NDAA on June 17. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Committee Chairman, released a statement highlighting provisions in the bill, including several related to acquisition, logistics, and technology, at
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science and technology-related elements. His prepared statement and a webcast of his testimony are at http://armed-
services.senate.gov/e_witnesslist. cfm?id=5163.
MAJOR ACTIONS
The House passed the FY12 Defense Appropriations Act. It also passed the FY12 National Defense Authorization Act. Both bills are now being considered in the Senate. (Photo courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.)
http://armed-services.senate.gov/press/ NDAA%20FY12%20Markup%20 Press%20Release.pdf.
FUTURE ACTION The SASC version of the NDAA is expected to go to the full Senate for con- sideration as soon as July. Once the bill passes the Senate, a conference committee will reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions of the NDAA.
HEARINGS On April 5, the SASC received testimony from Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui- sition, Technology, and Logistics, at a committee hearing on the health and sta- tus of the defense industrial base and its
Also on April 5, members of the SASC Subcommittee on Airland received testi- mony on Army modernization from GEN Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; LTG Robert P. Lennox, Dep- uty Chief of Staff of the Army, G-8; and LTG William N. Phillips, Principal Mili- tary Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, and Director, Acquisition Career Management. A webcast of their testimony is at http://armed-services.
senate.gov/e_witnesslist.cfm?id=5077.
HEARING SCHEDULES
House Appropriations Committee:
http://appropriations.house.gov
House Armed Services Committee:
http://armedservices.house.gov/ index.cfm/hearings
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
http://oversight.house.gov
Senate Appropriations Committee:
http://appropriations.senate.gov
Senate Armed Services Committee:
http://armed-services.senate.gov/ hearings.cfm
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index. cfm?FuseAction=
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