The House passed the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, likely setting up a vote in the Senate in the coming days.
The 281-140 vote moved Congress one step closer to approving the annual defense policy bill, which is loaded with provisions focused on energy security, nuclear power, critical minerals and environmental remediation.
The NDAA is poised to be one of the last major pieces of legislation that the 118th Congress will pass before lawmakers’ scheduled departure next week. Members had been vying to attach a number of other bipartisan bills, but many of the biggest items did not make the cut.
Permitting reform, a natural resources and public lands package, a Coast Guard authorization bill, military disaster relief and other bipartisan priorities were all left out amid lingering hang-ups.
