The House of Representatives passed the 2022 annual defense spending bill Tuesday night, sending it to the Senate.

Lawmakers voted 363-70 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act hours after the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced they had reached an agreement to move along the $768 billion measure. Fifty-one Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.

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The 2022 NDAA authorizes $740 billion for the Department of Defense, a total that is $25 billion more than President Joe Biden sought. Included in that amount is $7.1 billion to “support and attempt to improve the current posture, capabilities, and activities of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region,” according to a summary of the final legislation. The measure would provide service members and Defense Department civilian employees a 2.7% pay increase.

The NDAA also provides $27.8 billion for nuclear weapons activities, money that will go to the Department of Energy.

“I am grateful for the work by my colleagues in the House and the Senate to craft a bipartisan and bicameral NDAA that bolsters our national security and supports our troops. This bill will prepare our military to face the ever-growing threat of China by banning them from our American supply chain and modernizing our weapon systems," House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mike Rogers said in a statement.

The measure will now head to the Senate and, if it passes, will be sent to President Joe Biden's desk to sign.

This is the fifth latest the NDAA has come up in its six-decade-long history, according to a Senate aide. Republicans have criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for not bringing the legislation up sooner and for not allowing for debate on more amendments.

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On Nov. 19, the Senate was supposed to debate and vote on 19 key amendments, but the process was derailed by Republican senators who raised objections because their amendments were not being considered. Senate Republicans then voted against ending debate on the bill last week in an effort to force the Democrats back to the negotiating table with regard to amendments.