The House Armed Services Committee will begin consideration of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill April 26, with a full committee mark-up scheduled for May 9, according to a schedule released last week. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the committee's ranking Democrat, have also sent a "views and estimates" letter to the House Budget Committee urging a resolution that honors the Bipartisan Budget Agreement reached in February by Congress. The agreement calls for $716 billion in national defense spending, an increase of $85 billion above the cap mandated by the 2011 Budget Control Act. The agreement also includes an additional $68 billion above the BCA cap for non-defense spending.
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