The bill would • Authorize appropriations in 2023 totaling $838.8 billion for the military functions of the Department of Defense and for the Department of Energy’s atomic energy defense activities • Authorize appropriations in 2023 totaling $1.4 billion for nondefense activities, mainly for the Maritime Administration • Prescribe personnel levels for the U.S. Armed Forces and make changes to compensation and benefits for military personnel and their families • Prescribe changes to various acquisition programs and authorities of the Department of Defense and Maritime Administration • Require the Navy and the Air Force to privatize transient lodging • Expand two existing private-sector mandates by prohibiting entities from collecting excess interest and fees on some debt held by military dependents and requiring reports on financial activity
