National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Full title	To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.
Acronym	NDAA 2014
Introduced in	113th United States Congress
Introduced on	October 22, 2013
Sponsored by	Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D, FL-21)
Number of co-sponsors	78
Effects and codifications
Act(s) affected	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
U.S.C. section(s) affected	10 U.S.C. § 3744, 10 U.S.C. § 3741
Agencies affected	Executive Office of the President, United States Department of Defense
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 3304 by Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D, FL-21) on October 22, 2013 Committee consideration by: United States House Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Passed the House on October 28, 2013 (voice vote) Passed the Senate on November 19, 2013 (Unanimous consent) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on December 12, 2013 () with further amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on December 19, 2013 (Roll Cal Vote 284: 84-15) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 26, 2013

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 3304; NDAA 2014) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2014. The law authorizes the DOD to spend $607 billion in Fiscal Year 2014.

The bill passed the U.S. Senate on December 19, 2013. This is the 53rd consecutive year that a National Defense Authorization Act has been passed.

During the 113th United States Congress, four separate bills titled the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 were introduced. Those bills were: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (S. 1197; 113th Congress), which received lengthy debate in the Senate;S. 1034, which never made it out of committee;H.R. 1960, which passed the House; and H.R. 3304, which is the bill that became law.

The bill authorizes various programs in the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and the United States Air Force, including requirements for reports and placing future spending caps. The bill also formally revises the Uniform Code of Military Justice to improve its ability to handle both the victims and perpetrators sexual assault, and to decriminalize consensual sodomy.

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