The House Armed Services Committee released its version of the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill Monday, laying out Republicans’ vision for the Pentagon’s energy and environment agenda.
The chamber’s new National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions that would shore up energy resilience at military installations, crack down on mandatory greenhouse gas reporting and promote the development of next-generation nuclear technologies.
However, the bill would do relatively little to address critical mineral supply chain challenges and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination — both of which are perennial bipartisan priorities.
The “Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025,” H.R. 8070, would authorize $849.8 billion for the Department of Defense, consistent with the spending cap laid out in last year’s debt ceiling agreement.
