# 117-hr-7776: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

117-hr-7776, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status became_law (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7776
- Congress: 117
- Title: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2022-05-16
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**This law sets broad _defense and national security priorities_.** It bundles weapons and shipbuilding authorizations with changes to military pay and family supports, Coast Guard and NOAA missions, intelligence and AI rules, and a new global health financing mechanism. - Service members and families gain expanded pay, housing and family supports, including higher bonus limits (enlisted bonus cap raised to $75,000) and child‑care reimbursement pilots. - The Department of Defense and industrial base get multi‑year procurement authorities, missile and shipbuilding funding, and a $1.0 billion National Defense Stockpile acquisition authorization. - Global health and maritime science are bolstered by a multilateral Financial Intermediary Fund for pandemic prevention with U.S. contribution authority up to $5.0 billion and increased NOAA ocean and coastal program support.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-12-15T19:16:00.000Z | senate | On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7776) | Motion Agreed to | 83 | 11 |
| 2022-12-15T18:43:00.000Z | senate | On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7776 with the Johnson Amendment No. 6526) | Motion Rejected | 40 | 54 |
| 2022-12-15T17:51:00.000Z | senate | On the Cloture Motion H.R. 7776 | Cloture Motion Rejected | 47 | 47 |
| 2022-07-28T12:19:00.000Z | senate | On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7776 | Bill Passed | 93 | 1 |
| 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 384 | 37 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7776 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7776)

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