National Defense Authorization Bill

Capitol Hill stock photo taken in Washington D.C., April 6, 2022.

What’s on the agenda as Congress returns to Washington

Congress has returned from recess, and the Defense Department will be high on the agenda.

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Contractors are also combing through the House and Senate defense authorization bills

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In this Sept. 23, 2001 photo, flags of U.S. and Japan flutter in U.S. Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa in Japan. An American sailor has tapped a cloud-based technology for mobile phones to make it easier to have volunteers take turns driving drunk friends home, an initiative that has curtailed drunken driving among the Navy ranks. The effort, tested at the Naval Sea Systems Command in Charleston, South Carolina, from February, 2016 could also help ease tensions on the southwestern Japanese island of Okinawa, where most of the U.S. troops in Japan are assigned. (Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Congress nudges DoD toward fixing serious health care shortfalls in Japan

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

You’re not the only one squinting to understand what’s happening on Capitol Hill

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FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. A Democratic economic package focused on climate and health care faces hurdles but seems headed toward party-line passage by Congress next month. Approval would let President Joe Biden and his party claim a triumph on top priorities just as November’s elections approach. . (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

You’d be surprised with what takes up most of the Senate’s time

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Contractors start looking at what’s in the defense authorization bill for 2023

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