The Senate of the United States approved an annual defense policy bill of $ 925 million for a vote of 77-20 years on October 9, which includes $ 38.5 billion for military construction, more than double the amount included in the version of the House of the Bill or the amount of the White House.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the exercise 2026 includes $ 8.5 billion for army construction, $ 14.5 billion for the construction of the Navy and the Navy body, $ 7.9 billion for the construction of the air force and $ 2.7 billion for other Department of Defense projects, as well as construction financing for various facilities, facilities. In addition, the bill includes $ 40.7 billion more for the construction of military family homes.
The Defense Authorization Bill “is based on the historical security investments we achieved” at the Federal Congress of Tax and Expenditure approved in early July, said the Republican Senate leader John Thune (SD) in a statement.
The house version only includes $ 18.9 billion for military construction with a total of $ 893 million in authorizations, and the Trump administration requested only $ 16.6 billion for military construction. The disparity between the two versions of the bill means that legislators will have to negotiate their final form before it can be converted into law.
In the face of the passage of the Senate Bill, the White House expressed “important” concerns in a declaration of administration policy, including the realization of the financing of the administration’s priority projects to others.
Projects and evaluations
Similar to the house bill, some facilities that will receive construction funding include Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia, at $ 1.6 billion, and Portsmouth Naval Tyard in Maine, $ 1 billion. The funding would be used for projects that include MQ-25 aircraft disposal facilities and modernization of the dry dock in Norfolk, and an extension of Drydock and updates of water reliability and resilience in Portsmouth.
“As our country faces some of its biggest challenges, the bill makes important investments … which are fundamental to the security and safety of our country,” said Senator Angus King (I-Maine) in a statement.
The Senate version also includes more than $ 2.6 billion for various projects in the joint region Marianas in the Pacific, including a underwater maintenance installation and a missile integration test installation.
A provision of invoices would modify the performance information requirements of the contractor by virtue of the federal acquisition regulation supplement of the Defense Dept. According to the legislators, the updated system focuses on the negative and verifiable negative performance performance events to reduce the subjectivity and the inconsistency in the evaluations.
The updated supplement would also reduce the administrative burden of contracting officers by limiting reports to the failures of the contractor or poor performance and ensuring that the Government can identify and prevent contractors with a history of poor performance.
Contractors will have access to their scores under the performance evaluation information system, including the underlying data on the number of events, transactions and volume of dollars.
