Congress has agreed on a $740.5B defense bill; here's how it impacts pay, ACFT, Space Force and more

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WASHINGTON — House and Senate lawmakers reached a deal this week on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, teeing up a $740.5 billion defense spending and policy bill for votes in both chambers while simultaneously setting up a potential collision course with the White House as President Donald Trump has made multiple veto threats.

“Just as Congress has done for the last 59 years in a row, we have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,” Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said Thursday in a joint statement.