First looks at major 2024 defense policy bill come this week

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First looks at major 2024 defense policy bill come this week
By Leo Shane III
May 7, 08:00 PM
A sailor directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk to hold during flight operations on the deck of the USS Wasp on May 3, 2023. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan/Navy)

House Armed Services Committee leaders will unveil the first outlines of their annual defense authorization bill this week, providing hints at their plans for defense spending and military training changes in fiscal 2024.

The defense policy bill is one of the few reliable pieces of legislation to advance through Congress annually, passing into law for more than six consecutive decades. It sets the parameters for military spending priorities, renews a host of pay and benefits authorizations, and includes hundreds of new program parameters and personnel rules.

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