Senate Armed Services Committee Announces Details of Markup for National Defense Authorization Act for FY15

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the committee's ranking member, today announced details of the committee's markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. The committee on Thursday voted, 25-1, to report the bill, which authorizes $514 billion funding for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy.

"The bill approved by the committee makes the hard choices necessary preserve our military readiness and uphold our obligations to our men and women in uniform and their families in a difficult fiscal environment," Levin said. "I am also pleased that the bill provides a path to closing the Guantanamo detention facility by authorizing the transfer of detainees to the United States, subject to a congressional vote on a joint resolution of disapproval.

"I want to thank Senator Inhofe for his support throughout the mark-up process and for his help in producing this bipartisan bill that was reported to the Senate with a 25-1 vote."

"It was an honor to once again work with Chairman Levin on what is his last NDAA," Inhofe said. "This bill marks the culmination of a strong, bipartisan effort to ensure our military men and women and their families have the support they need to defend this country. I am proud that we stayed within budget caps and fully funded military readiness without using Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO) funds. As we face an increasingly dangerous world, I am also pleased that we were able to increase funding for our nation's missile defense. All of this would not have been possible without the hard work of committee members and their staffs."

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