The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act is here
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The one piece of annual federal legislation that seems to work is the National Defense Authorization Act (The “NDAA”). The NDAA is still gargantuan at 973 pages of House Resolution (HR) 2670 and the accompanying Conference Report, at 1,627 pages, that resolves the difference between the House and the Senate. However, as opposed to national health care that also comes in at thousands of pages, the NDAA is rote and most mere mortals can rapidly search, find, and see the relevant text.
Federal legislation needs both an Authorization (the NDAA) and Appropriation to be implemented. Something can be authorized and not have any Appropriation (i.e. funding). The inverse can be true also (funding,
