WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to set the budget for the Department of Defense, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Friday.
"Breaking: House passes bill to give our troops the largest pay raise in six years," Ryan said in a Twitter post.
BREAKING → House passes bill to give our troops the largest pay raise in 6 years. #2017NDAA pic.twitter.com/LT7MnsdPNz
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) December 2, 2016
The 2017 NDAA would increase base funding by $9 billion and give US soldiers a 2.1 percent pay raise, Ryan noted.
The bill also contains provisions to overhaul the acquisition process and maintains a prohibition against using federal money to transfer detainees from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United States.
The US Senate will have to pass the $618.7 billion budget before it goes to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
