The focus of this year’s policy bill, which will need to be funded by separate appropriations legislation, is on reviving the atrophied defense industrial base, according to senior majority and minority committee staff. But it also continues efforts to improve quality of life for troops.
It authorizes the range of pay raises for troops requested by the Trump administration, including a 7% pay hike for ranks E-5 and below, a 6% pay boost for E-6 through O-3 and a 5% pay raise for ranks O-4 and higher.
