National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

During the 113th United States Congress, four separate bills each titled the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014" were introduced. Those bills were: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (S. 1197; 113th Congress), which received lengthy debate in the Senate;{{cite web|title=S. 1197 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1197|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=2 January 2014}} {{USBill|113|S.|1034}}, which never made it out of committee;{{cite web|title=S. 1034 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1034|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=2 January 2014|date=2013-05-23}} {{USBill|113|H.R.|1960}}, which passed the House;{{cite web|title=H.R. 1960 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1960|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=2 January 2014}} and {{USBill|113|H.R.|3304}}, which is the bill that became law.

The bill authorizes various programs in the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and the United States Air Force, including requirements for reports and placing future spending caps. The bill also formally revises the Uniform Code of Military Justice to improve its ability to handle both the victims and perpetrators sexual assault, and to decriminalize consensual sodomy.

• Pentagon-run anti-narcotics programs
• helping the Jordanian military secure its border with Syria
• funding for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria
• Prohibition on new combat or camouflage utility uniforms not adopted by all the services. (Section 352){{cite web|url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/january/stop-uniform-madness-road-map-logical-seabag|website=www.usni.org|access-date=2023-09-19|title=Stop the Uniform Madness|quote=Navy needs to adhere to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act and adopt one of the other services’ camouflage uniforms.|date=January 2022}}

The NDAA 2014 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on 22 October 2013 by Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D, FL-21).{{cite web|title=H.R. 3304 – All Actions|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3304/all-actions/|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=2 January 2014|date=2013-12-26}} It was referred to the United States House Committee on Armed Services. On 28 October 2013, the House voted to pass the bill by a voice vote. It was received in the United States Senate and referred to the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services on 29 October 2013. The Senate passed the bill on 19 November 2013, with amendments. The House agreed to the Senate amendments and added their own amendments on 12 December 2013. The compromise agreement was structured in a "fast-track process that precludes senators from tacking on controversial amendments dealing with Iran sanctions and other divisive issues."{{cite news|title=Passed in House, NDAA now heads to Senate|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/ndaa-passes-house-defense-authorization-101110.html|access-date=2 January 2014|newspaper=Politico|date=12 December 2013|author=Austin Wright|author2=Juana Summers}} The Senate agreed to those amendments on 19 December 2013 in [https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00284 Roll Call Vote 284] by a vote of 84–15. On 26 December 2013, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law.{{cite web|title=Statement by the President on H.R. 3304|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/26/statement-president-hr-3304|publisher=White House Office of the Press Secretary|access-date=2 January 2014|date=2013-12-26}}

Senator Carl Levin said that "the bill before us is not a Democratic bill and it is not a Republican bill. It is a bipartisan, bicameral defense bill." He argued that the bill "ensures that important pay and benefits, including combat pay, will continue; includes powerful and important new tools in our fight against military sexual assault; and makes progress toward the day we can close the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay."

The bill was criticized for spending too much money. Director of the Arms & Security Project William Hartung of the Center for International Policy said that "the passage of a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that calls for $30 billion more for the Pentagon and allied agencies than is contained in the recent budget deal passed by both houses of Congress is just the latest indication that defense hawks continue to live in their own world, untroubled by fiscal constraints." President Ryan Alexander of the group Taxpayers for Common Sense opposed over spending in the bill, including a provision of the bill that authorized the DOD to spend money on a weapons system that they did not request money to buy. That provision was $178 million for M-1 Abrams tanks.

Moreover, the NDAA provision (first signed into law in 2012) which permits the military to detain individuals indefinitely without trial, remains in 2014. A lawsuit filed by plaintiffs including journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg against the provision has been aggressively fought at every turn by the government's attorneys. The plaintiffs argue that the NDAA provision constitutes a significant expansion of the laws regarding indefinite detention already established by Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF).[http://www.salon.com/2013/12/27/obama_signs_ndaa_2014_indefinite_detention_remains/ Obama signs NDAA 2014, indefinite detention remains]. The president called defense bill a "welcome step" toward closing Gitmo, but civil liberties issues abound. By Natasha Lennard. Salon.com, 27 Dec 2013.

• List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
• National Defense Authorization Act
• Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 4435; 113th Congress) – one of the proposed NDAA bills for fiscal year 2015

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General tracking of the bill:

• [http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th/house-bill/3304 beta.congress.gov H.R. 3304]
• [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr3304 Library of Congress H.R. 3304]
• [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr3304 govtrack.us H.R. 3304]
• [http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/113_HR_3304.html Washingtonwatch.com H.R. 3304]
• [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/hr3304-113/show OpenCongress.org H.R. 3304]

Summaries:

• [https://www.gop.gov/bill/113/1/hr3304 House Republican Conference's legislative digest on H.R. 3304] – House Republicans
• [http://www.rpc.senate.gov/legislative-notices/highlights-of-hr-3304-final-fy14-defense-authorization-bill- Highlights of H.R. 3304: Final FY14 Defense Authorization Bill] – 16 December 2103 summary from Senator John Barrasso, Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee
• [http://armscontrolcenter.org/issues/nuclearweapons/articles/analysis_of_the_fy_2014_national_defense_authorization_bill_hr_3304/ Analysis of the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Bill, H.R. 3304] – 17 December 2013 summary from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Emphasizes info on nuclear weapons and missile defense
• [http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sasc-leaders-reach-agreement-with-house-counterparts-on-defense-authorization/?section=alltypes SASC leaders reach agreement with House counterparts on defense authorization] – 9 December 2013 summary from Democratic Senator Carl Levin (Chairman of the Senate Arms Services Committee)

Official Statements:

• [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/26/statement-president-hr-3304 President Obama's Statement on signing H.R. 3304]

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• [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11141/uslm/COMPS-11141.xml National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014] as amended ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-11141/pdf/COMPS-11141.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-11141 details]) in the GPO [https://www.govinfo.gov/help/comps Statute Compilations collection]
• [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/113/public/66?link-type=uslm National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014] as enacted ([https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/113/public/66?link-type=pdf&.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/113/public/66?link-type=details details]) in the US Statutes at Large
• {{USBill|113|hr|3304}} on Congress.gov
• {{USBill|113|hr|1960}} on Congress.gov
• {{USBill|113|s|1197}} on Congress.gov
• [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10986/uslm/COMPS-10986.xml Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014] as amended ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-10986/pdf/COMPS-10986.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-10986 details])

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