{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-votes-pass-ndaa", "REP. NANCY MACE VOTES TO PASS NDAA", "2023-07-14", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Nancy Mace", "M000194", "mace.house.gov", "mace", "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "July 14, 2023\n\nScores major wins for South Carolina\n\nWashington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01) voted yes on the bipartisan 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund our military and veterans after securing a number of major wins for South Carolina and the Lowcountry.\n\n\u201cWe worked very hard to ensure the House passed NDAA included a number of wins for South Carolina and the Lowcountry. Our state provides integral support to our men and women in uniform, both here and abroad. Many of our nation\u2019s best warfighters are trained and stationed here. This bill will provide our U.S. military the resources they need to be the best, brightest and most lethal fighting force on Earth.\u201d\n\nPriorities Benefitting the First District and South Carolina:\n\nEnsures our ability to use high-powered microwaves to stop vessels. Parsons, a company which has 419 employees in South Carolina, produces components for the technology.\n\nAuthorizes 13 new Virginia class submarines. All Naval nuclear operators are trained at the Navy Nuclear Power School in Charleston.\n\nDirects military installations to clean up Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This includes Parris Island and Joint Base Charleston.\n\nEnsures the DoD priorities research for the University of South Carolina Research Authority on defense communication technology across land, air, sea, space, and cyber (The Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) system)\n\nImproves security for MCAS Beaufort and Navy Nuclear Power School weapons systems.\n\n$5 million dollars for the construction of an AI-Enhanced Quantum Computing Innovation Center in Charleston.\n\n$1.8 million for the Poseidon, a U.S. Navy aircraft manufactured by Boeing.\n\n$300 million for the F-35. MCAS Beaufort currently houses F-35 hangars and training facility.\n\nFunding for a critical extended-range air defense interceptor for the U.S. Navy. South Carolina has several suppliers supporting the Standard Missile family.\n\nResources for a remotely piloted aircraft used by Special Operations Command. This aircraft, version MQ-9, is based in South Carolina and the engine is manufactured by Rolls Royce.\n\nOther policy initiatives spearheaded by Congresswoman Mace:\n\nKeeps the C-130 total aircraft inventory at 271.\n\nRequires a briefing on all foreign objects operated in U.S.airspace beginning in January 2021.\n\nDirects the Secretary of Defense to implement a pilot program to investigate new drugs derived from cannabis for FDA approval and to collect and publish state data addressing the health effects of medical marijuana on active duty military and veterans.\n\nSecures funding for Department of Defense website modernization.\n\nA briefing for Congress on transportation vulnerabilities from communist China.\n\nEstablishes a pilot program for the military to use certified low-methane intensity natural gas.\n\nA report on the vulnerabilities of our supply chain.\n\nOTHER FY24 NDAA PROVISIONS:\n\nThe FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains huge wins for national security and military families. It also includes provisions to remove political agendas which have no place in our military. This year\u2019s NDAA capitalizes on innovation to increase real lethality of the Joint Force; strengthens U.S. capabilities and partnerships to counter the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s increased military aggression; adequately equips our warfighters to complete their missions; and ensures vigorous oversight of taxpayer dollars at the Pentagon.\n\nFully funds our national defense while cutting costs and improving efficiency:\n\nAuthorizes $886.3 billion for national defense discretionary programs, $23 billion over the FY23 enacted level\n\nSaves nearly $40 billion by cutting inefficient programs, obsolete weapons, and unnecessary bureaucracy in the Pentagon\n\nSupports servicemembers and their families:\n\nIncludes a 5.2% increase in servicemember basic pay, the largest pay raise in over 20 years\n\nExtends recruitment and retention bonuses\n\nAuthorizes over $240 million to reduce out-of-pocket housing costs\n\nExpands reimbursement eligibility for military spouses on business costs and relicensing when transferring locations\n\nReduces DoD childcare fees for military families\n\nAuthorizes $113 billion over the budget request for new military childcare centers, and authorizes over $280 million to build new schools for military children\n\nStrengthens oversight and fiscal accountability at the Pentagon:\n\nRequires the DoD Inspector General (IG) to conduct a full audit of the price and cost data for major acquisition programs\n\nEstablishes an Inspector General for Ukraine tasked with auditing all aid provided by the U.S.\n\nPenalizes DoD for cost overruns on major programs\n\nSaves taxpayer money on wasteful contract disputes by establishing a loser-pays pilot program\n\nIncreases oversight on wasteful DoD property leases\n\nRequires a fix for the unauthorized release of military records\n\nStrengthens strategic deterrence, lethal capabilities, and promotes innovation:\n\nAuthorizes key priorities left unfunded in the Administration\u2019s budget for INDOPACOM and missile defense\n\nDevelops advanced radar systems to track high-altitude balloons and missiles.\n\nFully funds the modernization of our nuclear triad and rejects the administration\u2019s request to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) program\n\nRequires DoD to notify Congress of collaborative nuclear efforts between China and Russia and assess the cooperation between China and Iran on ICBM technology\n\nRequires the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to report directly to the Secretary of Defense, promoting more rapid scalability of private sector innovation into the Department.\n\nPromotes processes for small businesses to enter the market to work with the DoD.\n\nCounters aggression from the Chinese Communist Party:\n\nRequires the DoD to ensure military fuel providers are not owned by the CCP, and mitigate potential threats posed by the purchase by CCP-backed entities of land near military installations\n\nIncreases funding for innovative technologies like AI, autonomous systems, cyber, mobile micro nuclear reactors, and high energy lasers to meet and defeat China\u2019s pacing threat\n\nImproves training and development of the workforce to accelerate Foreign Military Sales deliveries to Taiwan and other key partners\n\nProhibits DoD from contracting with the Ecohealth Alliance, consulting firms with CCP-backed business, or any entity with CCP-backed transportation logistics software\n\nPrevents the retirement of capabilities with remaining service life, including 5 battle ships and additional F-22 and C-130 aircraft\n\nInvests in projection forces and shipyard infrastructure projects\n\nProvides a pathway back to the armed forces for service members who did not take the COVID vaccine:\n\nContinues to prohibit the DoD from mandating servicemembers take the COVID-19 vaccine\n\nRequires the DoD to establish a process to fully inform interested servicemembers of how to reinstate\n\nClassifies time away from service of discharged service members as \u201ccareer intermissions\u201d so future promotion considerations will not be negatively impacted\n\nRequires DoD to prioritize requests of discharged servicemembers to enable full retirement benefits\n\nProvides DoD support to secure the border:\n\nProvides additional resources for the National Guard\u2019s work with local law enforcement to disrupt illicit drug trafficking\n\nProvides funding for NORTHCOM to improve drug interdiction efforts\n\nDirects DoD to inform Congress on how it can utilize or transfer unused border wall materials to border states\n\nFully funds the National Guard\u2019s border deployment account.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:18:03Z"]], "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": 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