HR 5009 Passed in House – FY 2025 NDAA

This afternoon the House took up the Senate Amendment to HR 5009 with a new amendment that became the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill was considered under the provisions of H Res 1612. After almost an hour of debate (and a brief delay for behind the scenes lobbying) the House passed the NDAA amendment language by a bipartisan vote of 281 to 140 (16 Republican Nays and 82 Democratic Ayes). The bill now goes to the Senate where a vote could occur as early as Friday; the bill is expected to be passed in the Senate.

The NDAA provides guidance and authorization for military programs, some of those provisions will have impacts outside of the military and defense industrial base. These provisions (subscription required) address cybersecurity, counter UAS operations, and commercial space operations.

Review – HR 5009, Some Provisions – FY 2025 NDAA

Today the House is scheduled to take up HR 5009, which is the vehicle for the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA provides guidance and authorization for military programs, some of those provisions will have impacts outside of the military and defense industrial base. These provisions include cybersecurity, counter UAS operations, and commercial space operations.

Moving Forward

While there are provisions of objection to both sides of the aisle in this proposed amendment, it is expected that there will be some level of bipartisan support for the measure that will allow the bill to pass in the House. There is a possibility that there will be attempts to amend the bill in the Senate, but any such amendments will require the bill to come back to the House for approval of the changes. This would endanger the intent of the leadership of both bodies to complete their business this session before Christmas.

 

For more information on the provisions of this bill that could have impacts on the private sector, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-5009-some-provisions - subscription required.

HR 5009 Rule – FY 2025 NDAA

This afternoon the House Rules Committee met to formulate the rule for the consideration this week of three bills, including the Senate Amendment to HR 5009 {the vehicle for they FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)}. The Committee approved a closed rule for the consideration of the amended version of HR 5009. It provides for one hour of debate and no amendments from the floor.

There were only five Republican members of the Committee present for the vote on the rule, but it did include Rep Roy (R, TX), one of the three Freedom Caucus members. This would seem to indicate that there will not be any Republican opposition to the passage of the Rule, probably on Wednesday. This would mean that the Republicans will probably be able to pass the bill without Democratic support. If the rule were not to pass, the Leadership would have to bring the bill to the floor under the suspension of the rules process. This would then require significant Democratic support to pass the bill, because it would require a super-majority (60%) to pass.