H.R. 8070, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 31, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
*
*
Revenues
0
*
*
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
*
*
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
854,739
not estimated
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
*
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
*
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
Yes, Under Threshold
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
* = between -$500,000 and $500,000.
The bill would
Authorize appropriations totaling $884.9 billion for 2025, including $883.7 billion for military functions of the Department of Defense (DoD) and for the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, and $1.2 billion for nondefense activities
Prescribe personnel levels for active-duty and selected-reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces
Extend DoD’s authority to pay various bonuses and allowances to military personnel
Change compensation and health care benefits for military personnel and their families
Authorize DoD to enter into multiyear procurement contracts
Impose an intergovernmental mandate by expanding an existing preemption of state laws by allowing licensed veterinarians of the department to practice in any jurisdiction
Areas of significant uncertainty include
Anticipating how DoD would distribute an additional $1.2 billion authorized for housing allowances
Estimating the number of TRICARE beneficiaries that would use assisted reproduction technology
Predicting how DoD would monitor the brain health of service members
