National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
This bill authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 and addresses other issues.
For example, the bill
authorizes the procurement of various items, including destroyers and aircraft;
modifies inventory requirements for various Air Force programs;
authorizes DOD to furnish electric vehicle charging stations at commissary stores and military exchanges;
requires DOD to provide, subject to appropriations, support for the research and development of innovative bioindustrial manufacturing processes;
requires DOD to carry out a pilot program to facilitate the transition of certain nontactical vehicles to electric vehicles;
requires the Army and the Navy to jointly carry out a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of using data recorders to monitor the operation of military tactical vehicles;
prescribes end strengths for the branches of the Armed Forces;
requires the branches of the Armed Forces to notify Congress before taking certain actions regarding reserve units, such as the deactivation or reassignment of such a unit;
requires the Army to establish gender-neutral fitness standards for military occupational specialties that are higher than those for noncombat military occupational specialties;
requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress recommendations for improving the retention and recruitment of members who specialize in Army air and missile defense systems, and requires the Army to implement the recommendations;
requires the GAO to report to Congress a review of a major military health contract after DOD has entered into the contract;
temporarily prohibits certain TRICARE programs (health care programs that cover current and former members of the uniformed services and their dependents) from imposing cost-sharing requirements for prescription contraceptives and certain related services;
requires the Department of Homeland Security to designate a laboratory as the Chemical Security Analysis Center;
requires the Department of the Treasury to take actions to support international initiatives to provide debt restructuring and relief to developing countries;
prohibits federal regulators from taking certain adverse actions against a depository institution solely for providing financial services to a cannabis-related business operating pursuant to state or local law;
The summary continues for 4 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 "Passed House" stage on July 14, 2022. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6063-6466)
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The record's latest action, on October 11, 2022: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6063-6466)
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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 has no outstanding steps 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.
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Who is behind it?
ADAM SMITH (D-WA) introduced it on May 27, 2022. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 May 27, 2022, 1567 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1430 days ago, on October 11, 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.
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Vote history
- HouseMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6063-6466)
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action