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On December 22, 2023. the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 became Public Law
118-31.
On April 18, 2023, the bill, H. R.
2620, was introduced in the House of Representatives as the
House's version of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 while in the Senate the bill, S 2226, was
introduced in the Senate on July 11, 2023 as the as the Senate's
version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024.
H. R. 2620 was amended numerous times in the House, passed the
House on July 14, 2023, and was received in the Senate on July
26, 2023. While the House was doing its thing, S. 2226
also was amended numerous times in the Senate, passed the Senate
on July 27, 2023 and S. 2226, was incorporated into H. R. 2620
as an amendment. S. 2226 disappears and now we
only deal with one bill--H. R. 2620.
Notice how everything ended by the end of July! That's
because Congress schedules its Summer recess every year which
takes about the whole month of August. H. R. 2620 just
hung out while Congress was away.
On September 19, 2023, the House decided to disagree with the
Senate amendment and wanted to hold a conference with
the Senate. On that same day The Speaker of the House of
Representatives appointed a sizable army of House members from
several different House committees to battle it out with the
Senate. On November 15, 2023, the Senate appointed a
smaller army of Senators (conferees) to do battle with the House
(conferees) in a conference. On November 29, 2023, the
Conference was held and on December 6, 2023 a Conference Report,
H. Rpt 118-301, was submitted for approval by the House
and Senate. Votes were taken and the Conference Report was
approved by both houses in mid-December.
The Title VIII pages list each section in the Title that became
law. In the left column of each page is a Section of the
NDAA that became law. In the right column, the first item
is from the Conference Report which might help you with
understanding the law. The conference report also may
direct you to an earlier House or Senate report. Those
reports may help you with understanding the law.
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