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The legislation would authorize a huge rise in defense spending but also check the Pentagon\u2019s cuts to its troop levels in Europe.<\/strong><\/p>

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President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands beside him at the White House last year. (Kevin Lamarque\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Republican-led House Armed Services Committee introduced the first draft of its marquee defense policy bill Tuesday, authorizing a record $1.14 trillion in military spending for the coming fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The bill, which at this stage serves as an outline of committee leadership\u2019s priorities, mostly focuses on measures to grow the U.S. defense industry \u2014 a goal that has grown more urgent as the Pentagon seeks to replace the thousands of munitions it has fired during the Iran war.<\/p>\n

The vast sum of money is consistent with President Donald Trump\u2019s call for $1.5 trillion in defense spending to rapidly expand the Pentagon\u2019s arsenal of precision weapons and fund signature Trump projects, such as the Golden Dome missile defense shield<\/a> and a fleet of battleships for the Navy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the administration\u2019s urging, Republicans in Congress plan to split the annual defense budget into two bills, with another $350 billion in proposed spending \u2014 for administration priorities such as shipbuilding and munitions \u2014 to be debated and voted on separately through a process called reconciliation. This approach could allow the GOP to pass the $350 billion package without the support of Democrats in the Senate, which otherwise requires a 60-vote threshold for legislation to be approved.<\/p>\n

Some Republicans have publicly questioned the administration\u2019s strategy, arguing that a reconciliation package faces a greater chance of failing than the annual Pentagon budget does, potentially jeopardizing important military programs.<\/p>\n

Senate lawmakers are expected to introduce their version of the bill later this summer. Each chamber will have to pass its own legislation and then reconcile the two bills into a single piece of legislation to be approved later this year.<\/p>\n

The bill arrives at a moment of intense bipartisan frustration with the Trump administration\u2019s efforts <\/b>to reduce America\u2019s military presence in Europe. Democrats and many Republicans have criticized the Pentagon for cutting its number of troops on the continent as Russia continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year.<\/p>

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Earlier in May, the Pentagon announced it would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany<\/a> after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran had \u201chumiliated\u201d Washington during negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n

The Defense Department later abruptly canceled the deployment of an Army brigade to Poland \u2014 prompting outcry from congressional Republicans before Trump said that he would send an additional 5,000 troops to the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The House bill introduced Tuesday includes language, first approved by Congress last year, that requires the Defense Department to submit a detailed risk assessment before pulling troop levels in Europe below 76,000.<\/p>\n

The House bill would also require the Pentagon to certify that any additional forces to be withdrawn couldn\u2019t instead be shifted to NATO\u2019s eastern flank, where Republican lawmakers have argued they could better deter Russia from attacking NATO territory.<\/p>\n

A senior Republican aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity under the committee\u2019s ground rules, said that the Pentagon\u2019s recent moves had not dropped below the 76,000 floor.<\/p>\n

But the staffer predicted that the full committee, which will meet next week to vote on amendments to the bill, may add more \u201cteeth\u201d to the provisions introduced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of members feel very strongly about European force posture,\u201d the aide said.<\/p>

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