The National Defense Authorization Act passed the US House this week, and is waiting for action in the Senate.

The current version would spend almost six hundred twenty billion dollars on the US military.

South Dakota Senator John Thune, in a speech on the Senate floor, says it is a critical bill…..

Thune says the bill would improve conditions for soldiers and sailors…..

Thune says it corrects inaction of the last eight years….

If the bill doesn’t pass, spending would revert to lower levels under the continuing resolution.