Senate Armed Services Committee Advances Annual Defense Budget Blueprint
(WorldNews Health)

5/24/2018 - WASHINGTON, DC - Last night, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 25-2 to approve the John S. McCain III National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. The NDAA authorizes funding to equip, supply, and train our troops and provide for military families. The FY19 NDAA supports a total of $716 billion for national defense programs, including a base budget of $639 billion for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy and nearly $69 billion for overseas contingency operations. This marks the 57th consecutive year that the Committee has come together on a bipartisan basis to advance a defense policy bill. The NDAA...