The Senate on Thursday approved a $750 billion version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, handing uniformed personnel a 3.1% pay raise, streamlining software acquisition and bringing greater accountability to the long-backlogged security clearance process.

Senators of both parties, and a key contractors group applauded the bill, which passed by a vote of 86-8.

“Building upon several years of reform, the NDAA continues to streamline operations—continuing acquisition policy reform, recalibrating contract reform, and strengthening program oversight,” said an Armed Services Committee summary. “A more efficient bureaucracy will better utilize the full value of every taxpayer dollar spent on defense.”

Responding to Trump administration proposals, the bill (S. 1790) also would establish the United States Space Force under the Air Force.