{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.enzi.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=051842FB-B25A-434D-B0D8-91235F523A12", "Senate passes defense bill to strengthen military, includes Enzi priorities to support rare earth industries", "2020-12-11", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "Michael Enzi", "E000285", "www.enzi.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., applauded the Senate today for passing critical defense policy legislation that would strengthen America's military, national security and domestic rare earth supply chain while improving the quality of life for our nation's service members.\r\nI'm glad the Senate passed this important defense bill that prioritizes quality of life for our troops and their families while also supporting our American mining industry, Enzi said. I'm especially pleased that the legislation included provisions to strengthen America's rare earth processing and manufacturing. I have been working to ensure that the supply chain for rare earths, from the mining to the refining, is done right here in this country  and better yet, in the state of Wyoming.\r\nThe legislation includes provisions that would:\r\n \r\nSupport Enzi's priority of developing a domestic supply chain for rare earth minerals by prohibiting the acquisition of rare earth materials from non-allied foreign countries to encompass the entire supply chain.\r\n \r\n \r\nRequire the secretary of defense to report to Congress on information about rare earth materials, improvements to the supply chain, and evaluation of domestic processing and manufacturing.\r\n \r\n \r\nProhibit the reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS).\r\n \r\nThe NDAA also includes one of Enzi's amendments that requires a list of partnership opportunities on the government's contracting website. Many small Department of Defense contractors, including those that produce rare earth elements, are often not aware of these partnership opportunities, making them disadvantaged relative to bigger contractors.\nThe bill would provide a 3% pay raise to troops and increased hazard pay, establishes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative to counter China and makes investments in 5G and artificial intelligence. \nThe Senate passed the NDAA with an 84-13 vote. The House passed the same bill earlier this week with a 355-78 vote. The bill now goes to the president for his signature.", 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": ["http://www.enzi.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=051842FB-B25A-434D-B0D8-91235F523A12"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8118688128888607, "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"}