The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
includes numerous provisions relevant to government contractors in
areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, supply
chain concerns related to China and Russia, and conflicts of
interest for consulting services provided to the U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD).
The FY 2024 NDAA—which was signed into law by President
Biden on December 22, 2023, after passage by the U.S. Senate and
U.S. House of Representatives on December 13, 2023, and December
14, 2023, respectively—provides $886.3 billion in funding for
DoD, a $28 billion increase over FY 2023.
A must-pass bill that funds DoD operations on a yearly basis,
the NDAA is a frequent vehicle for legislative changes affecting
DoD acquisition policies with direct implications for the Defense
Industrial Base (DIB). The final version of the nearly 1,000-page
FY 2024 NDAA addresses a wide range of areas relevant to
procurement and will give rise