{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://costa.house.gov/media/press-releases/costa-applauds-annual-defense-bill-signed-law", "Costa applauds Annual Defense Bill Signed into Law", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Jim Costa", "C001059", "costa.house.gov", "costa", "https://costa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauds President Joseph R. Biden for signing H.R. 7776 - National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. This bipartisan legislation will strengthen America\u2019s national security, honor the heroism of American servicemembers and make critical investments in cutting-edge technology. Costa helped pass this legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\n\"Our national security depends on critical investments to combat the rising threats here at home and abroad,\u201d said Costa. \u201cThis year\u2019s defense bill will bolster America\u2019s national security, support our servicemembers, and promote our leadership on the world stage, as Putin's brutal war in Ukraine continues. With this bill, we will confront challenges facing our nation and continue to grow the best, strongest military in the world.\u201d\n\nSince 1961, the United States Congress has passed an annual defense bill to fund and strengthen the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This bill allows the U.S. Armed Forces to pay, train, and equip U.S. servicemembers; support America\u2019s allies around the world; and carry out essential national security operations.\n\nWith this year\u2019s NDAA, Costa and House Democrats have advanced a range of key priorities, including:\n\nHonoring America\u2019s servicemembers and their families\n\nKey pay increases for service members and their families, including a 4.6 percent pay raise for service members, funds for the DoD to increase the basic allowance for housing, an increase in the maximum allowable income to receive the Basic Needs Allowance and an additional $210 million for commissary funding.\n\nCombats sexual harassment in the military by requiring independently-trained investigators \u2013 outside the immediate chain of command \u2013 to investigate sexual harassment, as well as placing cases under the jurisdiction of the Special Trial counsel.\n\nSupports first responders by enacting the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act to ease firefighters\u2019 access to workers\u2019 compensation.\n\nStrengthen our National Defense and Security\n\nNew investments in science and technology competitiveness for next-generation capabilities in hypersonics, electronic warfare, and artificial intelligence.\n\nInvests in Counterterrorism and targets ISIS by continuing U.S. military support to our partners in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS and other terrorists in surrounding areas.\n\nStrengthens our Navy against China by investing $32.6 billion for Navy shipbuilding, an increase of $4.7 billion for the procurement of 11 battle force ships.\n\nAccelerates innovation across science and technology by increasing funding for basic research, strengthening the pipeline for future innovation, and creating a new class of biomanufacturing capabilities and facilities.\n\nSupports Key Global Alliances and Protecting Human Rights\n\nResources for U.S. allies and partners, including $800 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and robust funding for the European Deterrence Initiative and Pacific Deterrence Initiative, to address Russia\u2019s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBolsters U.S.-Portuguese Relations by extending trade and investor visas to Portuguese citizens to increase international business between the United States and Portugal. Costa was instrumental in getting the AMIGOS Act in the defense bill.\n\nCondemns the \"September violations of the November 9, 2020 ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan,\" and makes clear that the \"use of force or threat of force\" to pursue diplomatic objectives is \"completely unacceptable.\"\n\nProhibits DoD procurement of any products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and prohibits the sale of goods produced by forced labor in military commissaries and exchanges.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "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://costa.house.gov/media/press-releases/costa-applauds-annual-defense-bill-signed-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7690240163356066, "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"}