Funding

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

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

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.

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

Congressional leaders announced Sunday that they had agreed on a bipartisan bill to fund government agencies through Dec. 20.

Congress is back to work after its August recess, tackling unfinished defense spending measures, fixing a massive Department of Veterans Affairs budget shortfall and passing a continuing resolution before Oct. 1, the start of a new fiscal year.

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last week would direct state payments for the use of the National Guard's federal equipment during state missions directly to the Guard units that incurred the expense.

The chief of the National Guard Bureau is asking Congress to find the funds for 12 new fighters for the Air Guard at a combined cost of $1.35 billion.

President Joe Biden signed into law six fiscal 2024 spending bills, including one containing $824.5 billion for the Defense Department.

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