{"id":113762,"date":"2021-07-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/12\/this-week-in-congress-july-schedule-packed-with-ndaa-and-defense-budget-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:01:31","slug":"this-week-in-congress-july-schedule-packed-with-ndaa-and-defense-budget-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/07\/12\/this-week-in-congress-july-schedule-packed-with-ndaa-and-defense-budget-work\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: July schedule packed with NDAA and defense budget work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week with just three weeks left before the August recess and goals of advancing both the fiscal 2022 appropriations measures and annual defense authorization bill before the break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Senate Armed Services Committee officials announced plans to mark up their draft of the authorization bill starting on July 19, with the goal of completing work by July 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\t