{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020616/https://heck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/heck-applauds-subcommittee-passage-military-personnel-portion-defense", "Heck Applauds Subcommittee Passage of Military Personnel Portion of Defense Authorization", "2016-04-20", "2016", "2016-04", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Joe Heck", "H001055", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON - Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, today applauded subcommittee passage of the Military Personnel portion of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. The Military Personnel portion of the bill, or \"mark,\" was approved on an unanimous bipartisan vote.\nThe mark mandates and fully funds a 2.1% pay increase for troops. In addition, the mark contains provisions to modernize the commissary system while maintaining the benefit our troops and their families depend upon and reforms the Uniform Code of Military Justice, improving the systems efficiency and transparency while also enhancing victims rights. This marks the first comprehensive reform in over three decades.\n\"This Military Personnel mark demonstrates the strong commitment the subcommittee has to our military men and women and their families,\" Rep. Joe Heck said. \"Our military is only as strong as those serving and so our bill ensures those who volunteer to serve have the support they need and deserve. I was pleased to once again work in a bipartisan manner with Ranking Member Susan Davis to move this mark through to the full committee and look forward to advancing it and the larger defense authorization to the floor.\"\nIn addition to the commissary and UCMJ improvements, the bill contains numerous provisions to improve the welfare and quality of life for our military families including providing up to 2 weeks of leave to the second parent of a dual military couple for the purposes of adoption leave and requiring the Secretaries of the military departments to notify service members with dependents annually, and prior to deployment, of the child custody protections guaranteed under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Finally, the mark authorizes the reimbursement of travel expenses at a higher amount for Reserve Component members traveling to training from rural areas.\nThe subcommittee-approved mark now moves to consideration before the full House Armed Services Committee next week.\n\n###\nCongressman Joe Heck represents Nevada's Third Congressional District in the House of Representatives. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://web.archive.org/web/20160614020616/https://heck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/heck-applauds-subcommittee-passage-military-personnel-portion-defense"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8375728502869606, "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"}