{"id":39437,"date":"2021-09-01T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/01\/house-panel-approves-25-billion-defense-boost\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:03:18","slug":"house-panel-approves-25-billion-defense-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/09\/01\/house-panel-approves-25-billion-defense-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel approves $24 billion defense boost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The House Armed Services Committee has endorsed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/08\/31\/lawmakers-to-debate-defense-hike-afghanistan-at-ndaa-markup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican plan to add $24 billion<\/a> more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/05\/28\/eyeing-china-biden-defense-budget-boosts-research-and-cuts-procurement\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Joe Biden requested for defense<\/a>, easing the path for spending on additional ships, aircraft and ground vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel voted 42-17 during its markup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/08\/02\/defense-top-line-will-probably-go-up-key-dems-see-gop-boost-as-path-to-a-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> on Wednesday, with 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/08\/02\/defense-top-line-will-probably-go-up-key-dems-see-gop-boost-as-path-to-a-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats joining Republicans<\/a> on the $23.9 billion measure. It was offered by the panel\u2019s top Republican, Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, who called Biden\u2019s budget request inadequate to deter Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though appropriations bills ultimately set spending levels, the vote is a strong step toward boosting defense after the Senate Armed Services Committee, on a bipartisan basis, advanced its own $25 billion increase in July. If approved, the new top-line spending level for defense would be $740 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plus-up is expected to repel progressive Democrats and attract Republicans for the committee\u2019s vote on the NDAA the evening of Sept. 1 and the full House\u2019s vote later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope this bipartisan, and now bicameral, move is understood by the Biden-Harris administration,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cThe defense of our nation will not be shortchanged by Congress. I thank my colleagues for adopting this amendment to support the men and women who serve in our armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure would increase research and development by $5.2 billion and weapons procurement spending by $9.8 billion, drawing significantly from the military\u2019s unfunded priorities lists. The bulk of the procurement spending goes to sea power, protecting three cruisers the Navy sought to retire and buying another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, an amphibious assault ship and a third Virginia-class submarine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/06\/29\/smith-slams-f-35-lifecycle-costs-in-latest-salvo\/\" target=\"_blank\">HASC Chairman Adam Smith<\/a>, D-Wash., opposed the plus-up, arguing it takes the pressure off the Pentagon to rid its budget of waste. 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