Ahoy Mates: The NDAA bills have amendments to support the WW II Merchant Mariners Service Act. Our fate is in the Hands of Congress. Write your Senators and request they support the NDAA with our bills intact. The POPVOX Blog Its August Recess! Now What? From our Hill Sources: Congress adjourned for a five-week August recess on Friday night. But before they left, the House approved a border security bill addressing unaccompanied children and the Senate passed a highway funding bill and finalized veterans health care reform. The House and Senate are both scheduled to return on Sept. 8th. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that the Senate will then be in session straight through (including weekends) until Sept. 23rd, when they will adjourn again until after the Nov. election. At the moment the House is scheduled to be in session Sept. 8 - 19, and Sept. 29 - Oct. 2nd . #3 FY 2015 NDAA From our Hill Sources: Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) specifies the budget and expenditures of the US Department of Defense. House and Senate staff from the Armed Services committees will be working during the recess to draft a compromise proposal in case the Senate is unable to pass a version of the bill:S 2410 NDAA in the Senate. The Senate Armed Services Committee version of the FY2015 NDAA provides $514 billion for national defense, including $496 billion for the Dept. of Defense base budget and $17.7 billion for national security programs. Specifically prohibits the US Air Force from retiring A-10 airplanes for one year. Would improve the prospects of competition for military space launch and help move the Pentagon away from using taxpayer dollars to purchase rocket engines from Russia. Also would eliminate wasteful spending in Defense Department IT systems. (Source: Senator John McCain(R-AZ) Meanwhile, the House passed its version, the Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2015 (HR 4435), in May. Their proposal authorizes $521.3 billion in spending for national defense and an additional $79.4 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), primarily in Afghanistan. This is consistent with the President’s budget request.
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