Active-duty and reserve-component service members would receive a 1.8-percent basic pay hike next Jan. 1, under the version of the 2014 defense-spending bill that cleared the House Armed Services Committee June 6. The measure, which includes $552.1 billion for defense spending and an additional $85.8 billion for overseas contingency operations, now heads to the floor for a vote by the full House. Absent from the House bill is an Obama administration proposal to increase certain TRICARE fees and establish new ones. Included are provisions that enhance protections for victims of sexual assault and penalties for perpetrators of the crime. Reservists also would be given a minimum 120 days’ notice before each deployment or in the event a deployment is canceled. Another provision would facilitate the development of better, more lightweight body armor for troops. The bill is H.R. 1960.