Funds the Department of Defense's military activities for fiscal 2025

§1What it does

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This bill would provide funding for the 2025 fiscal year (October 2024 through September 2025) for the Department of Defense's military activities, including military pay, operations and maintenance, weapons and equipment purchases, and research and development.^2,3 It would also fund the military's health program, counter-drug activities and chemical weapons destruction, plus the CIA retirement fund and an intelligence community management account; military construction, Army Corps of Engineers water projects and nuclear warheads are funded in other bills.² It sets conditions and limits on how the money may be used, and before passing it in June 2024 the House adopted more than 180 floor amendments, most of them grouped into five large packages, including several that bar funds for particular rules, executive orders or policies.²

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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