House Armed Services Committee’s FY-22 chairman’s mark obtained

Inside Defense has obtained a copy of the House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark for the fiscal year 2022 defense authorization bill.

Among a host of other issues, Committee Chairman Adam Smith’s (D-WA) mark sets a topline budget of nearly $716 billion for the Pentagon, aligning with the amount requested by President Biden in April, but $25 billion less than what Senate authorizers have approved.

The full committee is slated to debate the bill in a marathon mark-up session Sept. 1.

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