National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 113-66.
(This measure has not been amended since the House agreed to Senate amendments with an amendment on December 12, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table set forth in Division D of this Act.
Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits more than 75% of FY2014 funds authorized for the Stryker vehicle program from being obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary of the Army reports to the congressional defense and appropriations committees (such committees shall be the receiving committees for reports under this Act, unless otherwise stated) on the status of the Stryker vehicle spare parts inventory in Auburn, Washington.
(Sec. 112) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) budget uncertainty and reduced defense procurements have had negative impacts on the tactical vehicle industrial base; and (2) in such environment, the Army should consider innovative contracting and acquisition strategies to maximize cost savings, improve the sustainment of such industrial base, and reduce risk during the downturn in defense procurement. Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study and report on the desirability and feasibility of requesting legislative authority to enter into one or more multiyear, multivehicle contracts for the procurement of tactical vehicles beginning in FY2015 or thereafter.
Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act) to increase specified cost limits for the lead ship and follow-on ships in the CVN-78 class of aircraft carriers. Includes as an additional justification for cost increases under such program costs attributable to the shipboard test program. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report the most current cost estimate for the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79.
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Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on December 26, 2013. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on December 26, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-66.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Theodore Deutch (D-FL) introduced it on October 22, 2013, and 82 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 39 Democrats, 43 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law