Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
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Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
This bill authorizes for FY2025 and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Maritime Administration, and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the federal government. It also authorizes the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and the Naval Petroleum Reserves and sets policy for certain other agencies, including the Department of State and the Department of the Interior. The bill authorizes appropriations but it does not provide budget authority, which is provided by appropriations legislation.
For additional information on the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) see
CRS In Focus IF10516, Defense Primer: Navigating the NDAA ,
CRS In Focus IF10515, Defense Primer: The NDAA Process , and
CRS Insight IN12405, FY2025 NDAA: Status of Legislative Activity .
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE I--PROCUREMENT
This title authorizes acquiring or modifying various military items (such as aircraft, ships, tracked combat vehicles, missiles, and ammunition) and sets policy for certain procurement programs.
Below are some examples of provisions in this title.
(Sec. 101) This section authorizes FY2025 procurement for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Space Force, and DOD-wide activities.
(Sec. 112) This section requires the Department of the Army to carry out a pilot program that incorporates moving robotic target systems into live fire training for select National Guard and Army Reserve infantry units at no fewer than three military installations.
(Sec. 126) This section authorizes the Department of the Navy to enter into multiyear procurement contracts for CH-53K aircraft (King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters) and T408 engines for such aircraft, as well as advance procurement contracts (i.e., contracts to procure components needed for an item long before the item itself is purchased) for associated material and equipment.
(Sec. 129) This section bars the use of FY2025 DOD funds for the construction of a Constellation-class frigate beyond the basic and functional design phase until DOD certifies to Congress that the technical authority for the program has given final approval to 95% of all basic and functional design drawings. Upon such certification, the Government Accountability Office shall submit an assessment to Congress of the completeness of such design drawings and DOD’s compliance with this section.
The summary continues for 406 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on December 23, 2024. 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 23, 2024: Became Public Law No: 118-159.
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?
David Joyce (R-OH) introduced it on July 27, 2023, and 12 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 7 Democrats, 5 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.
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
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law