{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://turner.house.gov/2024/6/house-passes-national-defense-authorization-act-with-turner-amendments", "House Passes National Defense Authorization Act with Turner Amendments", "2024-06-14", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Michael R. Turner", "T000463", "turner.house.gov", "turner", "https://turner.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after voting to pass the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of the House of Representatives.\n\n\u201cThis year\u2019s NDAA authorizes more than $50 million for projects at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and delivers a much-need pay increase with significant quality of life improvements to support Ohio\u2019s dedicated servicemembers,\u201d said Congressman Mike Turner. \u201cThe work done at Wright-Patterson is critical to safeguarding our national interests and assisting in the security of our allies. As our adversaries continue to expand their capabilities, the United States must make certain that our Armed Forces and defense industrial base are properly equipped to address increasing threats.\u201d\n\n\u201cI thank Congressman Mike Turner for his continued advocacy to bolster our national security. I also want to recognize his hard work on behalf of the men and women who serve at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,\u201d said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers. \u201cThanks to Congressman Turner\u2019s leadership, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 will improve the quality of life for servicemembers across Ohio and will continue efforts to strengthen our military and deter our adversaries.\u201d\n\nFY 2025 NDAA Highlights\n\nAuthorizes $45 million for construction of the Human Performance Wing Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.\n\nAuthorizes $9 million in planning and design funding for the Advanced Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.\n\nIncreases Air Force Base Support to modernize installation law enforcement operations and physical security protection and services.\n\nMilitary Service Members and Families:\n\nIncreases basic pay for junior enlisted servicemembers by 15 percent.\n\nEnsures the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) covers 100 percent of the calculated rate for the military housing area (MHA) and reduce errors in BAH calculations.\n\nReevaluates the current calculation for BAS to make BAS a realistic allowance for service member household subsistence.\n\nMakes the Basic Needs Allowance (BNA) available to servicemembers with dependents with a gross household income less than 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines.\n\nPermanently authorizes the Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot which provides employment support to military spouses through a paid fellowship with employers across various industries.\n\nPermanently grants authority to the Department of Defense to make transferring professional licenses between states easier for military spouses.\n\nExpands eligibility for DoD Child Development Programs \u2014 both on and off-installation \u2014 for unemployed military spouses who are actively seeking employment.\n\nAuthorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish a 5-year pilot program that expands qualifying life event under the TRICARE program to include pregnancy, allowing dependents of servicemembers to switch TRICARE plans at pregnancy.\n\nRequires the Military Advisory Panel to make recommendations on updating the Uniform Code of Military Justice to ensure it covers nonconsensual distribution of artificial intelligence or digitally manipulated images.\n\nDirects the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD P&R) to submit a report to HASC on the procedures governing administrative separation of military personnel accused of sexual assault and sexual misconduct offenses.\n\nSupports the habitability of military housing by requiring DOD research and minimum habitability standards for mold in military barracks.\n\nRequires a report on a military construction strategy for a sufficient number of child development centers as necessary to eliminate wait lists for members of the Armed Forces seeking childcare at child development centers.\n\nCreates a database to track Servicemembers' training, making this information accessible to states and employers to meet civilian licensing and certification requirements, and ensures Servicemembers receive a competency report before transitioning to civilian life.\n\nHealthcare:\n\nRequires the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to submit a report on providing access to care data for all healthcare services available at each MTF with inpatient capabilities to have a better picture of where issues exist.\n\nDirects DHA to establish an access to care standard for beneficiaries who receive urgent referrals for specialty behavioral healthcare appointments.\n\nExpands access to specialty providers.\n\nReevaluates hiring and retention authorities available for civilian medical providers.\n\nRequires the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental health care providers and services for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty.\n\nRequires an assessment of the health care system supporting certain military installations in order to ensure adequate health care for the civilian and military workforce.\n\nTechnological Innovation and Industry:\n\nFully funds the modernization of our aging nuclear triad and nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture.\n\nFully funds the construction of new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines.\n\nFurthers the development and provides for the deployment of AI, quantum computing, and autonomous systems.\n\nEstablishes new mechanisms to expedite the deployment and integration of new warfighting technologies into the joint force.\n\nAuthorizes essential military construction projects to support and defend our servicemembers and projection forces.\n\nEnhances the use of Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs) to accelerate the transition of technologies from the defense laboratories to the private sector.\n\nIncreases funding to strengthen and expand STEM education opportunities and workforce initiatives targeted at military students.\n\nForeign Policy and National Security:\n\nAsks the National Nuclear Security Agency for an Assessment on the impacts of detonation of a nuclear weapon in space.\n\nProhibits the use of funds to provide strategic nuclear information to the Russian Federation under the New START Treaty.\n\nRequires the Secretary of Defense to establish a common coalition key within the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for purposes of sharing ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).\n\nEnsures none of the funds authorized to the Department of Defense may be made available directly or indirectly to the Government of Iran.\n\nPreventing CCP Espionage:\n\nProtects laboratories that test U.S. military equipment from Chinese espionage.\n\nEnhances the Army\u2019s ability to identify and arrest spies in its ranks.\n\nRemoves China from the defense supply chain.\n\nRevokes the security clearances for retired or separated civilian and/or military Department of Defense personnel that engage in lobbying for certain Chinese companies.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://turner.house.gov/2024/6/house-passes-national-defense-authorization-act-with-turner-amendments"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7515858635306358, "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"}