The House Armed Services Committee passed the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act on to the House floor on a sixty one to zero vote.

South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem, a member of the committee, says she added an amendment dealing with sexual assault prevention…

 

Noem says they also added some specific spending amendments…

 

Noem says there was also agreement on impact aid…

 

The bill authorizes just over six hundred billion dollars in defense spending.