President Joe Biden is expected to sign the annual defense authorization bill into law later this month.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Dec. 11, 2023.
Annual bonus pay programs aim to keep airmen around to blunt the effects of a pilot shortage that has lasted decades.
A Senate proposal would award retroactive pay and benefits to senior leaders who waited months for confirmation due to a political standoff.
The annual defense authorization bill contains a 5.2% pay raise for troops and a host of other policy renewals needed for military operations.
Congress must safeguard military pay in the event of a shutdown, including for members of the Coast Guard.
By Melissa A. Sullivan
Defense Department officials are scheduled to finish their review of military compensation in early 2025.
An analysis from the Congressional Budget Office says that troops and the public may be underestimating all of the compensation troops receive.
Democratic lawmakers decried the move as a childish political attack.
About 1.3 million active-duty troops could see paychecks delayed by a government shutdown.
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