The House Appropriations Committee released a draft of the fiscal 2018 Defense Appropriations bill on Sunday.
The legislation would provide $658.1 billion for the Department of Defense, $18.4 billion more than President Trump laid out in his non-binding budget blueprint.
The Appropriations draft was released ahead of any Budget Committee text, though that committee is supposed to set the DOD funding level.
The Appropriations Subcommittee draft will be considered in a subcommittee meeting on Monday.
The draft includes $584.2 billion in discretionary funding, according to Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), an increase of $68.1 billion from fiscal 2017.
It also provides $73.9 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism funding.
More:
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/339425-house-appropriations-releases-defense-funding-draft
