{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1380", "Rep. Don Bacon on NDAA Passage", "2023-12-15", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "NE", "Don Bacon", "B001298", "bacon.house.gov", "bacon", "https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Don Bacon voted with his House colleagues to support the final passage of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed with a bipartisan majority of 310 to 118.\n\n\u201cEach year, the NDAA is a critical part of preserving American military superiority,\u201d said Bacon. \u201cThe FY24 NDAA is a victory for our service members and their families who will receive the largest pay increase in 20 years and ensuring that our military is modernized and ready for the threats we face.\u201d\n\nWith the recent terror attack in Israel, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and threats from the CCP, the bill is a victory for the American people.\n\nThe 2024 NDAA:\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes $886 billion for national defense including significant investments in the defense industrial base, munitions production, and critical technologies including artificial intelligence, space, autonomous systems, and hypersonic weapons. This amount is consistent with the topline defense discretionary spending agreement as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA)\n\n\u00b7 Fully funds modernization of the nuclear weapons enterprise to replace aging systems and reverse the dangerous decline in the effectiveness and reliability of America\u2019s nuclear deterrent.\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes a 5.2 percent pay increase, expands servicemember eligibility for a supplemental basic needs allowance, and improves access to childcare.\n\n\u00b7 Provides a path back to service for the 8,000 servicemembers discharged for failing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.\n\nThe 2024NDAA also includes the following additional legislative provisions championed by Rep. Bacon:\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes $10 million for USSTRATCOM\u2019s nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) rapid engineering architecture collaboration hub (REACH) initiative at Offutt AFB.\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes $41 million to construct a backup electric power \u201cmicro-grid\u201d for Offutt AFB.\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes an increase of $50 million to provide for accelerated integration of SABRE mission capability for the EA-37B Compass Call replacement aircraft.\n\n\u00b7 Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a major defense acquisition program for Nuclear Command, Control and Communications.\n\n\u00b7 Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with a university affiliated research center to study multipolar strategic deterrence.\n\n\u00b7 Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a future force design for the Department of the Air Force.\n\n\u00b7 Directs the Secretary of Defense to implement a plan of action to provide air, missile and counter-drone defensive capabilities for Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi security forces under frequent attack by Iran and its proxy forces in the region.\n\n\u00b7 Authorizes a cost-plus contract structure for construction of the first three Sentinel Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) replacement launch facilities.\n\n\u00b7 Directs the Secretary of Defense to consider the past performance of small-business affiliates during the evaluation and selection of defense contacts.\n\n\u00b7 Extends the authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide inflation adjustments payments for defense contracts.\n\n\u201c[Providing] for the common defense\u2019 is an essential Constitutional duty of Congress, and this year\u2019s NDAA will strengthen our military which defends our freedoms. The NDAA delivers for America, and for Nebraska\u2019s Second Congressional District,\u201d said Bacon.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bacon.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1380"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3332050293684006, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}