National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
United States federal law
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Long title
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
The House approved their version of the bill in a 316 to 113 vote on September 23.[5] It included a provision that women, like men, should be required to register for Selective Service. However, this was later removed from the final bill.[6][7][8]
The Senate approved to move forward and consider the House's version of the NDAA instead of theirs on November 17, by a 84 to 15 vote.[9] Conflict in the Senate led the version of the bill introduced in the Senate to be placed on hold, due to objections by Senator Marco Rubio over the attached amendment package. A compromise bill was created through a previously introduced Senate bill, S. 1605 on December 7, and the House passed it on the same day with bipartisan support, which removed some of the provisions in the Senate version of the NDAA bill. On December 15, the compromise bill was passed by the Senate in a 88–11 vote.[10]
President Joe Biden signed the NDAA 2022 into law on December 27, 2021.[11][12][13] In his signing statement, Biden expressed reservations about restrictions on transferring Guantánamo Bay detainees, potential infringements on the President's authority to protect sensitive national security information, and the constitutionality of Senate confirmation for certain executive branch working group members.[14]