The House on Thursday voted 215-214 to pass a budget reconciliation measure that includes $150 billion in mandatory funding to reinforce U.S. national defense and implement President Trump’s Peace Through Strength agenda.
“The One Big, Beautiful Bill provides long overdue resources to modernize our military, revitalize the defense industrial base, and improve the quality of life for our servicemembers,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said in a statement published Thursday.
“The House and Senate Armed Services Committees worked closely together and with the White House to develop this critical legislation, and Speaker Johnson has worked closely with all of the committees involved to develop a comprehensive budget bill that best serves our taxpayers. I’m looking forward to sending this to the President’s desk as soon as possible,” the Alabama congressman added.
Golden Dome for America
The reconciliation bill, which is now headed to the Senate, includes $25 billion for the proposed next-generation missile defense shield called Golden Dome for America. The project seeks to develop space-based assets to defend the homeland against hypersonic threats.
The Department of Defense recently developed a draft architecture and implementation plan for the missile defense shield project.
Maritime Industrial Base Investment
The legislation proposes $34 billion in funding to support shipbuilding initiatives, enhance the U.S. naval fleet’s capability and improve infrastructure in the maritime industrial base.
The measure also includes investments in autonomous surface and subsurface technologies.
Other Defense Priority Investments
The bill outlines other priority investments, including $21 billion to restock the country’s munitions arsenal; $14 billion to expand DOD initiatives to accelerate the development and delivery of weapons systems to warfighters; and $13 billion to expedite nuclear triad modernization.
The legislation would also provide $11 billion to expand military exercises and improve readiness of Indo-Pacific forces; $7 billion to speed up the delivery of next-generation aircraft and autonomous systems; $5 billion for border security initiatives; and $400 million to invest in IT systems and artificial intelligence tools to help DOD pass a clean audit.
