American Military News by Dave Ress - Daily Press July 15, 2022
U.S. House approves $840 billion defense budget — with boosts to military pay, Ukraine assistance and more
The full House of Representatives approved an $840 billion Department of Defense budget — increased by $37 billion from the total the Biden Administration sought.
That increase to the budget comes through an amendment sponsored by Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Virginia Beach, and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine.
Their proposal adds $7.4 billion to compensate for inflation, with $1.4 billion to boost basic housing allowances, bonuses and commissary supports. It also adds more than $4 billion for ship construction and maintenance, more than $1.6 billion in research and development funding, and $550 million for security assistance to Ukraine.
It includes a 4.6% pay raise for service members and a 2.4% inflationary pay bonus for enlisted personnel.
In response to deaths by suicide on the USS George Washington — six in the past two years while the carrier is undergoing a major overhaul — the bill includes Luria’s call for the Navy to consider a policy to avoid new sailors’ initial tours coming on carriers undergoing a refueling, study of housing and parking facilities for sailors when their ships are in a shipyard.
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