(Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional information.) The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill sets a topline budget of $715 billion for the Pentagon, aligning with the amount requested by President Biden in April, but $25 billion less than what Senate authorizers have approved. According to Committee Chairman Adam Smith’s (D-WA) “chairman’s mark” obtained by Inside Defense , the topline for total defense spending, which includes the Energy...
