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117th Congress > House > Vote 757
Clerk session vote number: 310
Sponsor: SMITH, Adam (D-WA)
Description: Schiff of California Part A Amendment No. 1
Bill summary: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
This bill authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 and addresses related issues.
For example, the bill
authorizes the procurement of various items, including destroyers and aircraft;
modifies inventory requirements for various Air Force programs;
authorizes DOD to furnish electric vehicle charging stations at commissary stores and military exchanges;
requires DOD to provide, subject to appropriations, support for the
research and development of innovative bioindustrial manufacturing processes;
requires DOD to carry out a pilot program to facilitate the transition of certain nontactical vehicles to electric vehicles;
requires the Army and the Navy to jointly carry out a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of using data recorders to monitor the operation of military tactical vehicles;
prescribes end strengths for the branches of the Armed Forces;
requires the branches of the Armed Forces to notify Congress before taking certain actions regarding reserve units, such as the deactivation or reassignment of such a unit;
requires the Army to establish gender-neutral fitness standards for military occupational specialties that are higher than those for noncombat military occupational specialties;
requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress recommendations for improving the retention and recruitment of members who specialize in Army air and missile defense systems, and requires the Army to implement the recommendations;
requires the Department of Homeland Security to designate a laboratory as the Chemical Security Analysis Center; and
provides statutory authority for an April 27, 2021, executive order raising the minimum wage for the employees of federal contractors.
Bill titles: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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