Congressional markups of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill begin at the House Armed Services Committee on April 26. The committee’s six subcommittees will take up the legislation, starting with readiness at 9 a.m., emerging threats and capabilities at 10 a.m., military personnel at 11 a.m., tactical air and land forces at 12:30 p.m., seapower and projection forces at 1:30 p.m., and strategic forces at 3 p.m. The full committee will mark up the bill May 9.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford and Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist are scheduled to testify at two congressional hearings in two days during the last full week of April. The trio will appear before the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel on April 25 and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on April 26. On April 24, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein will go before the SASC, while Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, and Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel.
