Congress

Lawmakers are trying to finalize the nation's annual defense policy bill and a separate measure to fund the federal government through March 2025.

A new legislative assistant has joined the NGAUS team.

After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have released their conference committee fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

The Government Accountability Office has a simple question for the Air Force: who will run bases when whole wings deploy under the service’s new force generation model?

The military services could improve their officer evaluation systems with some simple adjustments, a congressional watchdog reported last month after a 22-month review.

The nation’s governors are urging lawmakers to swiftly pass a defense policy bill that preserves state authority over the National Guard.

NGAUS has requested Congress fund several items in its fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill that would "significantly impact" the National Guard.

William Matney, an Army National Guardsman with the Virginia Guard, began his role as a legislative analyst at NGAUS on Nov. 4.

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a lame-duck session to complete the 118th Congress' business, including addressing the nation's annual defense policy bill and funding the federal government for fiscal 2025.

A clearer picture exists of the current and former National Guardsmen who will serve in the 119th Congress.

More than 100 lawmakers are calling for a provision to be included in the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that would potentially resolve a contentious debate over the Air Force’s proposal to transfer National Guardsmen to the Space Force without the consent of their governors.

Fiscal 2025 has begun on a continuing resolution that keeps the federal government open but puts many military modernization programs on hold.