House-Senate conferees have negotiated a final defense authorization bill for fiscal 2018 that rejects most of the Senate's provisions to put a cap on the 2018 pay raise, reduce to housing allowances for most members married to other service members, raise TRICARE fees for retirees, and limit other benefits. The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and leader of House Republican conferees stated that all conferees had "the welfare of service members foremost in our minds..." Read the full article to see how your pay, housing allowance, TRICARE, and other benefits could be impacted.
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