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handle is hein.crs/govejnd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Informing 1h legislative debatesince 1914 Defense Primer: Navigating the NDAA The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Funding has a legacy of regular passage. FY2022 marked the 61st Division D consecutive year for which an annual defense authorization amounts at was enacted. Many defense policymakers and officials see organized the bill as a reliable legislative vehicle for a range of policy associated matters. What's The FY2022 NDAA (P.L. 117-81) included 910 pages of In addition policy provisions and discretionary authorizations totaling tables that $768.2 billion. Unlike an appropriations bill, the NDAA Armed Ser does not provide budget authority for the Department of Committee Defense (DOD). Instead, the NDAA establishes or Services (a continues defense programs, policies, projects, or activities Committee at DOD and other federal agencies, and provides guidance report to ac on how the appropriated funds are to be used in carrying provide rat out those authorized activities. This primer provides an actions, an overview of the structure and organization of the NDAA. governmen classified a Organization of the N DAA committee The NDAA establishes policy and authorizes appropriations floor proce for the DOD, nuclear weapons programs of the Department of Energy, and other defense-related activities. Typically, In practice there is a House legislative vehicle (e.g., H.R. 7900, 117th organizatio Congress) as well as a separate Senate vehicle (e.g., S. description 4543, 117th Congress); the Senate committee alternative is section). T often proposed as an amendment to the House bill (or vice votes, addi versa). The bills typically include four divisions related to of special i defense authorizations: informatio * Division A. Department of Defense Authorizations; Section-b The HASC * Division B. Military Construction Authorizations; what each: summaries * Division C. Department of Energy National Security and may al Authorizations and Other Authorizations; and behind inc * Division D. Funding Tables. Items of There are Partly because the NDAA is consistently enacted, the bill is (1) ISIs th frequently used as a vehicle for legislation under the directive. jurisdiction of committees other than the House and Senate report lang Committees on Armed Services (sometimes attached as official) to other divisions). Although d agency off Legislative Provsions mandate a Divisions A, B, and C are organized by title, subtitle, and section. For example, in Division A, Title I covers Nondirecti Procurement; Title II Research, Development, Test, and concerns, c Evaluation (RDT&E); Title III Operation and Maintenance nondirecti (O&M); Title IV Military Personnel Authorizations, and so recommen forth. Individual legislative provisions are assigned section or may not numbers according to title and subtitle. A detailed table of actions tak contents (organized by division, title, subtitle, and section number) provides a complete list of items in the bill. 0 Updated November 23, 2022 rabies provides funding tables that specify dollar thorized to be appropriated. The tables are by appropriation account and correspond to the legislative provisions. in a Committee Report? to providing the legislative text and funding comprise the NDAA, the House Committee on vices (also known as the House Armed Services , or HASC) and the Senate Committee on Armed lso known as the Senate Armed Services , or SASC) each typically produce a committee :company its version of the bill. The reports ionales for the committee bill, explain committee d provide further guidance and directives to nt agencies. The committee may also prepare a nnex to the report. Unlike the bill text, reports are not considered or amended during edings. the HASC and SASC reports mirror the n of the bills, providing a section-by-section of the bill text (by division, title, subtitle, and hey also include the results of committee roll call tional views of members of the committee, items nterest (ISIs), cost estimates, and other relevant n, such as a comparison to current law. y-Section Summaries and SASC reports each provide summaries of section of the proposed bill would do. Such may provide additional context for the provision so express committee concerns or rationales lusion of the provision. Special Interest generally two types of items of special interest: at are directive; and (2) Those that are not Directive ISIs, often referred to as directive uage, direct an individual (such as a senior DOD take a specified action by a date certain. directive report language is not legally binding, icials generally regard it as a congressional nd respond accordingly. ve ISIs are statements of the committee's views, )pinions, or rationales for acting. For example, a ve ISI may explain why the committee ds an increase in funding for a particular project, e the committee's support for (or concern over) en by the DOD or military services.

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