{"id":67592,"date":"2024-05-14T07:35:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T07:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/14\/house-defense-bill-retains-spending-caps-creates-dod-talent-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:05:58","slug":"house-defense-bill-retains-spending-caps-creates-dod-talent-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2024\/05\/14\/house-defense-bill-retains-spending-caps-creates-dod-talent-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"House defense bill retains spending caps, creates DoD talent officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Armed Services Committee\u2019s $883.7 billion annual defense policy bill sticks to the military spending caps Congress imposed for fiscal 2025 as part of last year\u2019s debt ceiling deal, according to a text of the measure released on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spending caps authorize a 1% increase over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/12\/14\/congress-passed-the-fy24-defense-policy-bill-heres-whats-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\">the FY24 defense policy bill<\/a>, which came in at $874.2 billion. Despite the spending caps, House lawmakers seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2024\/05\/13\/house-armed-services-committee-adds-second-virginia-submarine-in-fy25\/\" target=\"_blank\">partially fund a second Virginia-class submarine<\/a> \u2013 overruling the Pentagon request for just one attack submarine \u2013 even as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2024\/05\/13\/house-lawmakers-aim-to-cut-f-35-buy-as-patience-with-delays-wears-thin\/\" target=\"_blank\">try to procure 10 fewer F-35 fighter jets<\/a> than the Defense Department sought amid mounting frustrations with the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKnowing the number, we wrote the best bill we could,\u201d a senior House Republican staffer told Defense News on condition of anonymity to discuss the drafting process. \u201cI think we balance all the risk \u2013 near-term and long-term risks \u2013 and developed a bill that meets all those things. I think we\u2019re in a good spot on the number. I\u2019m not worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also establishes a chief talent management officer at the Pentagon to improve recruitment, retention and workforce development for military personnel and civilian employees alike. Under the draft legislation, the defense secretary would appoint someone to the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other duties, that person would be tasked with overseeing \u201cupdates and reforms for remote and hybrid work\u201d while identifying \u201crules, regulations, policies and guidance related to military and civilian talent management that require change for the purposes of achieving efficiencies and meeting personnel needs of the department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another part of the bill would require the Defense Secretary to set up a pilot program \u201cto determine the effectiveness of requiring a contractor to reimburse the Department of Defense for costs incurred\u201d if the company launches a protest against a Pentagon decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A separate provision in the bill would identify several \u201cpromising\u201d Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program grant recipients and formally make them part of the Pentagon\u2019s budgeting process. The bill would also require the Defense Department to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/05\/13\/lawmakers-propose-diu-managed-military-testing-and-evaluation-cell\/\" target=\"_blank\">a test and evaluation hub for in-demand technology at the Defense Innovation Unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the draft legislation includes restrictions that prevent the downsizing of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It retains language that has hindered the Biden administration\u2019s prior efforts to retire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2022\/05\/19\/republicans-lay-battle-lines-over-bidens-plan-to-retire-b83-megaton-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\">the B83 nuclear gravity bomb<\/a>, which is at least 80 times more powerful than the bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. The bill would also require the military to deploy at least 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would allow the military to develop an alternative warhead for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/06\/22\/gop-moves-to-instate-sea-launched-cruise-missile-nuclear-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">the sea-launched cruise missile nuclear program, which Congress formally institutionalized last year<\/a> over objections from the Biden administration. It also prevents the retirement of the W76-2 warhead unless the Pentagon certifies that Russia and China do not possess similar capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report accompanying the draft text would require the Defense Secretary to report to Congress on the impact of a nuclear weapon detonation in space \u2013 a priority for Rep. 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