After Congress overwhelmingly approved a more expensive plan than the White House hoped, President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a speech by Joe Biden. Scott Olson/Getty Images.
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The Pentagon would get $740 billion in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 5% over the previous year.
Biden had proposed $715 billion in Pentagon funding, but Republicans blasted the plan, saying more spending was needed to combat threats posed by Russia and China, a view many of Biden's fellow Democrats also held.
The Senate and the House both voted in favor of the version of the NDAA signed by Biden on Monday.
A 2.7% pay raise for troops, $4 billion in funding for the European Defense Initiative and $300 million for support to the Ukrainian military are included in the 2022, NDAA.
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Military funding is authorized by the NDAA, but not directly allocated. Republicans and Democrats will need to reach a deal in order for the government to be funded through fiscal year 2022.
Surprising fact.
The earlier version of the bill required women to register for the draft, but it was not included in the final version.
The key background.
Every year since 1961, a version of the first NDAA has been signed into law. The final version of the bill was passed after months of negotiations, after Biden first proposed his version in May. The US will increase its military spending by far the highest level in the world. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, American military spending is three times higher than the next closest country and accounts for 40% of all military spending in the world.
The commission will study the war in Afghanistan.
Biden signed a defense policy bill that doubled his Pentagon request.
The U.S. Senate passed a $770 billion defense bill.
