
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) on Wednesday advanced its $706 billion fiscal year 2022 spending bill by voice vote, with the full committee set to take up the legislation on July 13. The bill, which matches the president’s $715 billion requested Pentagon budget when combined with the separate $11 billion proposal for military construction, received no additional amendments during Wednesday’s closed markup session. HAC-D released the bill on Tuesday, which detailed plans to boost procurement spending by $1.7 billion…