{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buchanan.house.gov/2025/12/u-s-house-passes-four-buchanan-defense-proposals", "U.S. House Passes  Four Buchanan Defense Proposals", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Vern Buchanan", "B001260", "buchanan.house.gov", "buchanan", "https://buchanan.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cTogether, These Measures Strengthen Our Forces and Reaffirm Our Commitment to the Men and Women in Uniform.\u201d\n\nProvisions Boost Readiness, Counter Adversaries and Protect Servicemembers\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced that four of his proposals were included in the final version of this year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to President Trump\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cThis year\u2019s NDAA reflects President Trump\u2019s \u2018Peace Through Strength\u2019 agenda by ensuring America\u2019s military remains the most lethal, capable fighting force in the world,\u201d said Buchanan. \u201cI\u2019m proud that several of my proposals, each focused on readiness, accountability and supporting our servicemembers, were included in the final package. Together, these measures strengthen our forces and reaffirm our commitment to the men and women in uniform.\u201d\n\nThe four Buchanan proposals in the House-passed FY26 NDAA include:\n\nThe Protecting Animals in Military Training Act to end the use of animals in live-fire trauma training. The military will instead use advanced simulators, mannequins, cadavers or actors to prepare servicemembers for combat emergencies.\n\nA provision expressing concern over the fact that China and other countries of concern are developing dual-use strategic technologies from U.S. capital, which is then benefiting adversaries\u2019 military modernization efforts, surveillance states and human rights abuses. Buchanan\u2019s provision calls on the president to use all necessary means to restrict certain U.S. outbound investments in these technologies in countries of concern.\n\nA requirement for the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress and make publicly available all detection and mitigation activities conducted to counter unmanned aircraft systems.\n\nA requirement for the Secretary of Defense to list all critical defense infrastructure that relies on foreign materials or components and ways to replace the procurement and production of those materials (including gaps in manufacturing capabilities).\n\nIn January 2025, Buchanan had his Honoring Our Heroes with Dignity Act (H.R. 10301) and eight of his legislative proposals signed into law. These proposals, which enhanced military readiness and expanded health care options for servicemembers, were included in the final version of the FY25 NDAA.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://buchanan.house.gov/2025/12/u-s-house-passes-four-buchanan-defense-proposals"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9636487811803818, "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"}