Corrected July 19 | The House last week passed the annual Pentagon policy bill, an $840.2 billion piece of legislation that would authorize national security programs ranging from nuclear missile modernization to military pay raises.
The bill contains thousands of provisions, dozens of funding tables and attracts hundreds of amendments. And almost always, partially because of its size and partially because it is so likely to be enacted, unrelated legislation hitches a ride on it.
This year is no exception.
