The House Armed Services Committee will propose fiscal year 2018 legislation that authorizes $621 billion for the base defense budget and $75 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding, of which $10 billion would be used for base spending, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by Inside Defense . Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said June 22 that, barring an assurance of a multiyear spending deal, he would approve legislation on June 28 that would propose authorizing $640 billion...
