National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
This bill authorizes FY2020 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation.
The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for
Procurement;
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation;
Operation and Maintenance;
Working Capital Funds;
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction;
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities;
the Defense Inspector General;
the Defense Health Program;
the Armed Forces Retirement Home;
Overseas Contingency Operations; and
Military Construction.
The bill authorizes the FY2020 personnel strengths for active duty and reserve forces and sets forth policies regarding
military personnel;
acquisition policy and management;
international programs;
National Guard and Reserve Forces facilities;
compensation and other personnel benefits;
health care;
DOD organization and management;
civilian personnel matters;
matters relating to foreign nations; and
strategic programs, cyber, and intelligence matters.
The bill authorizes appropriations for intelligence activities, base realignment and closure activities, and maritime matters.
The bill also authorizes appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Energy national security programs, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.
The bill sets forth policies for
North Korea nuclear sanctions,
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),
military housing privatization,
paid family leave for federal personnel,
limiting the use of criminal history in federal hiring and contracting,
sanctions with respect to foreign traffickers of illicit synthetic opioids, and
a Cable Security Fleet to meet national security requirements.
For more detailed information, see
Congressional Research Service Report R46144 , FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act: P.L. 116-92 (H.R. 2500, S. 1790);
Congressional Research Service Report IF10515 , Defense Primer: The NDAA Process; and
Congressional Research Service Report IF10516 , Defense Primer: Navigating the NDAA.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Public Law" stage on December 20, 2019. 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 20, 2019: Became Public Law No: 116-92.
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?
Jim Inhofe (R-OK) introduced it on June 11, 2019. 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.
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
- SenatePassed
- HousePassed
- PresidentSigned into law