{"id":527798,"date":"2022-12-16T03:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senate-sends-858-billion-defense-bill-to-bidens-desk\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T03:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:41:35","slug":"senate-sends-858-billion-defense-bill-to-bidens-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-sends-858-billion-defense-bill-to-bidens-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senate sends $858 billion defense bill to Biden\u2019s desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c56f7b0a0b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c56f7b0a0b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-sends-858-billion-defense-bill-to-bidens-desk\/#Senate_sends_858_billion_defense_bill_to_Bidens_desk\" >Senate sends $858 billion defense bill to Biden\u2019s desk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Senate_sends_858_billion_defense_bill_to_Bidens_desk\"><\/span>Senate sends $858 billion defense bill to Biden\u2019s desk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/88e2d5e5b82d4736915b64969f97d168-e1668225617853.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate on Thursday passed the annual defense authorization bill, sending the $858 billion measure to President Biden\u2019s desk for signature just before the year-end deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, formally known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, 83-11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It provides $45 billion more for defense than called for in Biden\u2019s budget, including allocating $817 billion to the Department of Defense and $30 billion to the Department of Energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s vote caps weeks of wrangling over floor timing and controversial policy changes, such as language demanded by conservative Republicans to end the military\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which has been in place since August of 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It marks the 61st year in a row that Congress has passed the defense bill on time, a notable achievement given the legislative gridlock that has reigned on Capitol Hill in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) cheered the passage of the bill after months of negotiation, calling it \u201cthe most significant vote of the year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said it before and I\u2019m not the only one saying it \u2014 the world is a more dangerous place than I\u2019ve ever seen before in my lifetime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is named after retiring Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Biden administration earlier this week criticized the vaccine mandate repeal as \u201ca mistake\u201d but the president is still expected to sign the legislation when it reaches his desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved the legislation after voting down an amendment sponsored by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to enact permitting reform for energy projects and another sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to require the military to rehire and provide back-pay to service members forced out of work because of vaccine non-compliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both amendments needed 60 votes to pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) asked for a vote on his amendment to cap fees charged by trial lawyers in cases representing Marines who became ill because of water contamination at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He later withdrew it because he expected it to fail but pledged\u00a0 to work with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on a compromise before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives won a major victory by successfully pressing Democrats to accept language ending the Pentagon\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI am so pleased that the NDAA language reflects what we have sought to do,\u201d said Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who pushed for the repeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She hailed it as a \u201cmajor win\u201d and noted that every service branch has struggled to meet their recruiting goals this year. More than 8,400 active-duty service members have been pushed out of the military for not getting COVID-19 shots, Blackburn said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Passage of the defense bill is a victory for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who identified it as a top priority in the lame-duck session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent all week discussing ways this legislation will help our armed forces and national security professionals, safeguard our homeland and keep adversaries like Russia on their back feet,\u201d McConnell said Thursday ahead of the bill\u2019s passage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NDAA is only a first step toward the investments, modernization and stronger strategies that we need to compete and to win against rivals who don\u2019t wish us well, but it is a crucial first step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell and other Republicans criticized Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for waiting so late in the year to bring the bill to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans spent months urging the Democratic majority not to neglect this year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act; not to leave our Armed Forces to the last minute. Five months ago, I called on our colleagues to process the defense bill as soon as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Senate passage comes exactly a week after the House passed the bill, which lays out how the Defense Department allocates hundreds of billions of dollars toward weapons programs and provides a 4.6 percent raise in service members\u2019 salaries.<\/p>\n<p>It authorizes $163 billion for procurement, compared to the $144 billion requested in Biden\u2019s budget; $139 billion for research and development, compared to the $130 billion requested by Biden; and $279 billion for operation and maintenance, compared to the $271 billion requested by Biden.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In addition, it authorizes $211 for personnel and health, roughly the same that Biden requested; $19 billion for military construction and $30 billion for defense related nuclear programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bill includes intended military aid to other countries, such as $10 billion to Taiwan through 2027 and another $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>It allocates $6 billion for the European Deterrence Initiative, a program initiated in 2014 after Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea to increase the readiness of U.S. forces in Europe to deter further aggression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It reforms the Uniform Code of Military Justice to give the special trial counsel jurisdiction over sexual harassment offenses and requires investigators outside the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te chain of command to investigate harassment complaints.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans defeated two policy riders that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) wanted to add to the defense bill, Manchin\u2019s permitting reform proposal and the SAFE Banking Act, which would prohibit federal regulators from penalizing financial institutions that work with legitimate cannabis-related businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said last week that attempts to add those provisions were \u201cobstructing\u201d passage of the defense bill and dismissed the proposals as \u201ca grab bag of miscellaneous pet priorities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans criticized Manchin\u2019s permitting reform bill from taking power away from Public Utility Commissioners by giving authority to federal regulators to pick the sites of electric transmission lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Passage of the NDAA leaves the omnibus spending package as the last remaining item of must-pass legislation to finish before the Christmas break and the end of the 117th Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McConnell on Tuesday set a deadline of Dec. 22 to finish the omnibus and said he would support a stop-gap spending measure punting spending decision into 2023 if it\u2019s not done by then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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