Policy Riders
Uncategorized When Congress puts together legislation, especially appropriations (money) bills, they tend to attach policy riders to those bills. Bills without policy riders are considered to be “clean” bills—bare-bones language to accomplish one purpose—usually to fund...![What is a Supplemental [Funding Request]?](https://ngat.langea.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2024/02/CR2.jpg)
What is a Supplemental [Funding Request]?
Uncategorized Congress occasionally considers legislation that adds money for specific reasons outside of regular appropriations acts and usually after the fiscal year has begun. These pieces of special legislation are called supplementals. They supplement the original...
Increased fitness standards for close combat jobs.
Uncategorized Section 577 of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act mandates higher fitness standards for those positions in the Army [Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve] that have a propensity for close combat. This section of law only pertains to the Army and no other...