{"id":47571,"date":"2023-07-28T00:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/28\/defense-budget-policy-bill-negotiations-face-murky-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:18:16","slug":"defense-budget-policy-bill-negotiations-face-murky-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/07\/28\/defense-budget-policy-bill-negotiations-face-murky-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense budget policy bill negotiations face murky waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressional leaders say they\u2019re confident they can reach agreement on a compromise defense authorization bill later this year even though the House and Senate drafts advanced so far differ significantly on a host of contentious social issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Senate lawmakers approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/23\/senate-defense-bill-pushes-for-spending-over-debt-ceiling-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\">their version of the massive authorization bill<\/a>, which outlines plans for $886 billion in defense spending next fiscal year and mandates a host of program and policy changes for the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also includes a 5.2% pay raise for troops next January and a collection of bonus reauthorizations needed for recruiting and retention efforts. The measure has been passed out of Congress for 62 years, and is considered must-pass legislation for Congress each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators advanced their draft after more than a week of amendments work which included new protections for military members from debt collectors and new limits on Chinese access to sensitive U.S. military technology. The final measure passed by a 86-11 vote, with significant support from members of both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That stands in sharp contrast to the House authorization bill vote earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/14\/house-narrowly-passes-defense-bill-after-dems-defect-over-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\">which passed 219-210 largely along party lines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/13\/house-dems-bail-on-defense-bill-as-gop-votes-to-repeal-abortion-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats balked at supporting the measure<\/a> after GOP leaders included amendments which would repeal the Defense Department\u2019s abortion access policies, restrict medical care for transgender troops, eliminate military diversity initiatives and ban the Pentagon from implementing President Joe Biden\u2019s climate change mitigation orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the acrimony, key congressional leaders said this week they are confident the competing authorization bill drafts can be sorted out in interchamber negotiations, and that a compromise can be found sometime this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll get it done,\u201d said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. \u201cStaff will go ahead and start compromising on low-hanging differences over the August recess, and we\u2019ll get back in September to clean up the other differences. I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll wind up in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, also said he was \u201coptimistic\u201d about the final product, stating \u201cwe always get a bill, six decades plus. We\u2019ll get one this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash. \u2014 who voted against the measure on the House floor \u2014 expressed a similar positive outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we will be able to resolve our differences,\u201d he said on Thursday. \u201cObviously, the House Republicans are going to have to back off a lot of those things they added in. But we were perfectly OK with the bill as it passed out of committee. So there is a path ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Armed Services committee draft of the measure did include limits on Defense Department diversity training, restrictions on future COVID-19 vaccines mandates and several other measures that drew the ire of minority Democrats. But ultimately most voted to move ahead with the legislation, because of its overall importance to the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the vast differences between the two bills on culture war issues, they both contain a series of similar provisions. That includes language <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/13\/houses-draft-defense-bill-pressures-pentagon-on-space-command-hq\/#:~:text=The%20draft%20text%20of%20the,report%20justifying%20its%20final%20location.\" target=\"_blank\">freezing new construction at the temporary Space Command facility<\/a> in Colorado Springs and freezing half of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall\u2019s budget until he makes a months-overdue decision about whether to keep the combatant command there or move it to Huntsville, Alabama as previously planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both bills also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/22\/gop-moves-to-instate-sea-launched-cruise-missile-nuclear-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"> institutionalize the sea-launched cruise missile nuclear program <\/a>while providing approximately $190 million in FY24 for its continued research and development, despite opposition from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate also amended its bill on the floor with numerous other provisions. Last week, senators voted 65-28 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/19\/with-eyes-on-trump-senate-votes-to-make-nato-withdrawal-harder\/\" target=\"_blank\">require congressional approval for U.S. withdrawal from NATO \u2014 a precaution against former President Donald Trump\u2019s possible return<\/a> to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate also unanimously attached an amendment from Sen. 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