The National Defense Authorization Act provides a recurring annual subject for examining American defence decisions. The comparison with Britain's Defence Investment Plan turns on legal status. An enacted NDAA has the force of law, giving it a different institutional role from a planning document. [Congressional Research Service](https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R48527/R48527.1.pdf)
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The NDAA's annual legislative role
The National Defense Authorization Act is discussed as an annual legislative framework with a different legal status from a defence planning document.