The fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $3.2 billion more for defense spending than the president’s budget request, a move that could draw criticism from both Democrats and the White House since there is no sign of a comparable increase for non-defense spending.
The compromise bill, which will be introduced in the House on Wednesday, is the result of months of work by the conference committee and has a topline of $618.7 billion, including $67.8 billion in an overseas contingency operations account. When taking into account the president’s supplemental $5.8 billion request for defense, that is $3.2 billion more than the president has asked for in fiscal 2017.
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