Service members could gain the ability to repair and maintain their own equipment under a new bill that seeks to cut Pentagon spending on defense contractors.

The veterans served in the Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard and will see their convictions wiped out alongside 24 others who were pardoned by President Joe Biden. “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said.

Aside from its restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, the legislation garnered widespread support for giving E-1 to E-4 troops a 14.5% pay raise and all other troops a 4.5% pay bump. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is also expected to pass.

A proposal to ban health care coverage of certain medical treatments for the transgender children of service members has become a point of contention as the House readies this week for a vote on a defense policy bill containing the measure.

Junior enlisted service members are set to receive a 14.5% pay raise next year alongside a 4.5% pay hike for all troops under a compromise defense policy bill expected to be voted on this week.

A group of Republican senators is fighting against a legislative proposal long pushed by Democrats to force young women to register for the military draft.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is asking President-elect Donald Trump to use his influence among Republicans to back legislation that would expand insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization for military personnel.

A job counseling program created for disadvantaged veterans would be expanded to provide free career services to surviving spouses of fallen service members under a Senate bill approved Monday.

Two Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to issue a directive prohibiting the mobilization of active-duty troops against Americans.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate’s longest-serving leader, will become chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel when he steps down from his leadership post next year. He said he intends to use his new perch to pour resources into the military.