The House Armed Services Committee voted on Wednesday in favor of creating a national commission to investigate a spike in deadly aviation mishaps in the military.
The voice vote means the new commission proposed by Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., was added to the annual National Defense Authorization Act during a marathon markup session. The legislation tasks the commission with reviewing crashes over the past five years and making safety recommendations to Congress, even as the Pentagon has denied any systemic problems.
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