National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Latest action. Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 144.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
This bill authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities and programs for FY2022 and addresses various other issues.
For example, the bill
provides multiyear procurement authority for certain helicopters and destroyers;
imposes various cost and operational limits on the F-35 aircraft program;
requires DOD to establish a consortium of institutions of higher education to study irregular warfare;
generally prohibits DOD from disposing of certain waste, including hazardous waste, in open-air burn pits outside of the United States;
requires DOD to impose a temporary moratorium on burning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS);
expands Selective Service registration to include women;
requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to appoint special victim prosecutors;
requires that a formal complaint alleging sexual harassment committed by a service member against another service member be investigated by an independent investigator;
authorizes the Office of Military Family Readiness Policy to take actions to provide nonmedical counseling services to military families through the DOD Family Readiness System;
directs DOD to implement certain recommendations for reducing gender-related inequities in out-of-pocket uniform costs;
requires DOD to provide a basic needs allowance to low-income service members;
extends temporary authorities for providing premium pay and benefits to certain DOD civilian employees;
establishes within the General Services Administration the National Digital Reserve Corps to help address the digital and cybersecurity needs of executive agencies;
extends authority for DOD to support stabilization activities in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia; and
imposes sanctions on entities (and certain officers and shareholders of such entities) responsible for operating, constructing, or operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on September 23, 2021. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on March 1, 2022: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 144.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 117th Congress (2021-22), 362 of the 15,242 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
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?
ADAM SMITH (D-WA) introduced it on July 2, 2021, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 2, 2021, 1896 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1654 days ago, on March 1, 2022.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 117th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2023 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers