{"id":16382,"date":"2021-09-24T01:06:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T01:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/24\/plans-for-bigger-defense-budget-get-boost-after-house-authorization-bill-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:21:13","slug":"plans-for-bigger-defense-budget-get-boost-after-house-authorization-bill-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/09\/24\/plans-for-bigger-defense-budget-get-boost-after-house-authorization-bill-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for bigger defense budget get boost after House authorization bill vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 House lawmakers on Thursday approved plans for a $740 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/09\/02\/defense-spending-increase-afghanistan-withdrawal-dominate-debate-over-defense-policy-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\">defense authorization bill<\/a> that provides billions more in equipment purchases than the White House requested and all but assures steady growth in military spending next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The budget policy measure, which passed by a bipartisan 316 to 113 vote<b>, <\/b>includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/06\/29\/house-panel-backs-27-percent-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">2.7 percent pay raise<\/a> for troops starting in January, sweeping changes to military sexual assault prosecutions, and language requiring women to register for the first time for a potential military draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also contains several provisions related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a>, as lawmakers continue to attempt to address the messy military exit from that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the most significant detail of the measure may be the inclusion of about $24 billion in funding above what the White House requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/09\/02\/defense-spending-increase-afghanistan-withdrawal-dominate-debate-over-defense-policy-measure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8-Air-Security.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That mirrors plans approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this summer, and marks a victory for Republican lawmakers who have said President Joe Biden\u2019s proposed military budget was insufficient to counter threats like a growing Chinese military and worldwide terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House progressives and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., had argued for lower spending levels after years of big defense plus-ups under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we have seen in our last two decades of war is exemplary of the<b> <\/b>type of waste that goes on,\u201d said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. \u201cNot only are these tremendous costs, but also this explosion in [defense] spending leaves our public health priorities underfunded and militarizes every problem in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But ultimately, opposition from moderate Democrats and conservatives overcame those objections. The House voted along bipartisan lines to reject amendments from progressive Democrats to undo the $24 billion boost (142-268) and to levy a broad 10 percent cut (86-332).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThreats from near-peer rivals like China and Russia are not the only ones we face; Terrorists continue their plots to destroy our way of life,\u201d said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. \u201cWe must continue to take the fight to them anywhere and any time they threaten us. With strong investments in new capabilities and readiness, this bill enables our warfighters to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement earlier this week, White House officials offered support for the authorization bill, but vowed to continue \u201cto work with Congress to set an appropriate and responsible level of defense spending to support the security of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officially, the level of defense spending won\u2019t be set by Congress until appropriations measures are finalized later this year. But with Thursday\u2019s House vote and key senators already backing the $740 billion spending level, support for that as the military top line appears certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now lawmakers will wait for the Senate to advance its draft of the authorization bill (expected to happen next month) and try to finish negotiations on an inter-chamber compromise measure before the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense policy bill is one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed by Congress annually, setting spending priorities and defense policies for the coming fiscal year. It has passed into law for 60 consecutive years, making it the rare legislation that\u2019s both reliable and bipartisan amid other Capitol Hill fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/09\/23\/house-passes-1-billion-for-israels-iron-dome-system-in-blowout-vote\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-929241512.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House passes $1 billion for Israel\u2019s Iron Dome system in blowout vote<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House passed legislation overwhelmingly to provide $1 billion to Israel to restock its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system just days after Democrats removed the funding from a broad stopgap spending bill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Afghanistan<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike the Senate draft of the authorization bill \u2014 approved by committee weeks before the fall of the democratic Afghan government \u2014 the House bill includes several oversight provisions related to the aftermath of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It establishes a 12-member bipartisan commission to look into intelligence and operational missteps and requires that the Pentagon provide a public assessment on military operations and civilian casualties in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would require the administration to report to Congress on the threat posed by al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, what American weapons have fallen into the Taliban\u2019s hands and why the U.S. military left Bagram Air Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it requires the administration to create a counterterrorism plan for Afghanistan and give Congress annual reports and regular briefings on the military\u2019s \u201cover the horizon\u201d counterterrorism operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administration officials had asked for about $3 billion in support funds for Afghan security forces earlier this summer, but the House measure reassigns all but a small portion of that to other priorities. The remaining money will go to finish up incomplete contract agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers could add additional Afghanistan provisions during negotiations with the Senate. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley are scheduled to testify before both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees next week on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/21\/lawmakers-press-for-more-answers-on-afghanistan-exit-ahead-of-major-public-inquiry\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21216696478326.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Lawmakers press for more answers on Afghanistan exit ahead of major public inquiry<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Several senators left a closed briefing on Tuesday frustrated at the lack of answers from Defense Department officials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>War powers<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond Afghanistan, the House took up multiple amendments aimed at asserting Congress\u2019s war powers under the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Months after the Biden administration suspended deliveries of certain weapons systems to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to their bombing campaigns in Yemen, the House approved two measures meant to curb other U.S. military support to its two Gulf allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An amendment from Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to bar U.S. logistical, maintenance and intelligence support for Saudi Arabian forces in Yemen\u2019s civil war was adopted 219-207. A like-minded, but less constraining amendment from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., was approved, 223-204.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite pressure from the Biden administration, the Saudi air force has continued to kill Yemeni civilians in air strikes, \u201cusing U.S. support,\u201d Meeks said. The support has to end to ensure the U.S. \u201cis not complicit in or supportive of this destructive, tragic war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House rejected a measure to end the U.S. military presence in Syria after one year, from Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y. About 900 U.S. troops are reportedly still in Syria, where they are supporting and advising the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bowman had argued the measure would show troops, \u201cthe minimum respect\u201d of either authorizing a clear mission or bringing them home. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., countered that such a move would abandon America\u2019s Kurdish allies and deny the president flexibility against the Islamic State, a fluid cross-border terror threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/29\/house-panel-backs-27-percent-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2022\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5015594.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House panel backs 2.7 percent pay raise for troops in 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The pay boost would be slightly lower than what troops saw this year but equal to federal formulas for civilian wage increases.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Personnel matters<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2.7 percent pay raise included in the authorization bill matches the expected pay boost under federal economic estimates for private-sector wage growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For junior enlisted troops, it would amount to roughly $790 more a year in pay over 2021 levels. For senior enlisted and junior officers, that hike equals about $1,400 more. An O-4 with 12 years service would see more than $2,600 extra next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The raise and renewal of dozens of specialty pays and bonuses were largely uncontroversial this year. Other provisions, such as the requirement that women register with the Selective Service for potential conscription, were more contentious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the idea received bipartisan support in the House Armed Services Committee, several conservatives unsuccessfully tried to strip the proposal from the legislation this week. Some version of the new requirement is likely to end up in the final compromise bill, since the Senate has included similar language in their draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fate of new sexual assault prosecution provisions is less clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In keeping with Pentagon plans, the House bill includes language mandating that sexual assault and harassment crimes be taken out of the normal military chain of command, to ensure they are handled by properly trained legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But senators approved even more sweeping reforms to the military justice system, including removing all serious crimes from the traditional chain of command. 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