{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases/bice-supports-passage-ndaa", "Bice Supports Passage of NDAA", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Stephanie I. Bice", "B000740", "bice.house.gov", "bice", "https://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation fulfills an agenda of \u201cPeace Through Strength\u201d and builds off last-year\u2019s work which focused on improving the quality of life for our service members. It also reorients our military towards its core mission, being a lethal and effective fighting force that can protect our nation. The FY26 NDAA also focuses on reforming our slow, outdated, and broken acquisition system.\n\nCongresswoman Bice issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cI was proud to support this year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act. This bipartisan legislation codifies fifteen of President Trump\u2019s executive orders and includes more than thirty legislative proposals requested by this Administration. Not only does this year\u2019s NDAA focus on increasing the quality of life for our servicemembers, it also contains provisions that will reduce burdensome red tape and streamline the development and delivery of next generation capabilities that our warfighters need to keep pace with near-peer adversaries like China and Russia. Ultimately, this legislation supports our troops, protects our national security, and ensures our warfighters have the resources they need to be an efficient fighting force with cutting edge technologies.\u201d\n\nSpecific Provisions within the NDAA\n\nIncreases troop pay by 3.8% for all servicemembers\n\nSupports Rep. Bice\u2019s initiative to protect military parental leave and make it more flexible for servicemembers\n\nProvides resources for National Guard troops stationed at the southern border\n\nProhibits the closure of the E-7A Wedgetail production line\n\nContains 17 provisions from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, which Rep. Bice serves as a Commissioner on, including:\n\nRequiring the Department to develop a biotechnology strategy to govern the national security implications of emerging biotechnologies\n\nEstablishing a Biotechnology Management Office\n\nEstablishing new biotech leads across the intelligence agencies\n\nExpanding intelligence gathering about China\u2019s efforts to advance its own biotech interests\n\nAuthorizes funding for essential military construction projects and expands logistics capabilities in the Indo-Pacific to bolster our forces\n\nContact: Wesley Harkins\n\nPhone: (202) 225-2132", 1, "2026-04-25T05:38:36Z", "2026-04-25T05:40:21Z"]], "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://bice.house.gov/media/press-releases/bice-supports-passage-ndaa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8906219154596329, "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"}