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House Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

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House Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) voted along party lines May 21 to pass the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill out of committee and onto the House floor. The bill, which passed 30-22, provides $690.2 billion to the Department of Defense, an increase of nearly $16 billion over the FY ’19 enacted amount, and $8 billion below the 2020 presidential budget request. The committee released the draft defense bill May 14. It includes about $622 billion in base funding and…

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