{"id":56716,"date":"2022-06-14T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/14\/46-pay-raise-for-troops-gets-support-across-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:41:19","slug":"46-pay-raise-for-troops-gets-support-across-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2022\/06\/14\/46-pay-raise-for-troops-gets-support-across-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"4.6% pay raise for troops gets support across Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House appropriators and Senate defense planners both backed a 4.6% pay raise<\/a> for servicemembers next year, signaling broad support for the largest increase in military paychecks<\/a> in 20 years, but not more to account for rising inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday morning, in its initial draft of the defense budget proposal for fiscal 2023, members of the House Appropriations Committee<\/a> included the 4.6% pay increase \u2014 equal to the White House\u2019s request unveiled earlier this spring \u2014 as part of their $762 billion spending plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel\u2019s subcommittee on defense issues is expected to advance the plan on Wednesday in a closed session, and the full committee will debate the package on June 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours later, during the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s deliberations on the annual defense authorization bill, members also backed the same 4.6% pay raise plan. Last week, the House Armed Services Committee approved similar initial language for that pay boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\t