FY2025 NDAA: Military Basic Pay Reform Proposal (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Sept. 10, 2024 |
| Report Number |
IN12367 |
| Report Type |
Insight |
| Authors |
Kristy N. Kamarck |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
In 2023, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) established a Quality of Life (QoL) Panel to
develop proposals for an FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act (FY2025 NDAA). Several of the
Panel’s recommendations from the final report were included in the Servicemember Quality of Life
Improvement Act (H.R. 8070). The bill became the vehicle for the House version of the FY2025 NDAA,
known as the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2025.
The Panel’s effort included a review of the military basic pay tables. In its final report, the Panel noted
concern about the adequacy of junior enlisted pay and recommended pay raises for E-1 through E-4
paygrades. Congress is considering whether to adopt these initiatives and other related compensation
proposals as part of an FY2025 NDAA.
