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| https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/congressman-mo-brooks-votes-yes-compromise-defense-authorization-act | Congressman Mo Brooks Votes "Yes" on Compromise Defense Authorization Act | 2019-12-11 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | AL | Mo Brooks | B001274 | brooks.house.gov | legacy | Washington, DCWednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) voted Yes on the House-Senate Conference Report and compromise FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The compromise FY20 NDAA Conference Report passed the House 377-48. Congressman Brooks released the following statement: The FY20 NDAA House-Senate compromise bill is vastly superior to the original House version opposed by a bipartisan Senate and the White House. This compromise NDAAenhances America's national security by: authorizing $738 billion in defense funding; establishing the U.S. Space Force as a sixth Armed Service of the United States (which improves America's ability to acquire, operate, and defend space-based assets); adequately authorizing funding for the development of all three legs of the nuclear triad; reversing efforts to eliminate funding for the deployment of low-yield nuclear weapons; and, increasing funding for development of hypersonic weapons, directed energy weapons, and next-generation helicopters; to name a few. The FY20 NDAA House-Senate compromise bill improves the quality of life of America's servicemembers by: giving troops a 3.1% pay raise; phasing out the Widow's Tax; addressing the military housing crisis and requiring the services to establish a Tenant Bill of Rights; and, doubling the reimbursement amount for state licensure expenses for military spouses, who face unique career challenges when they move across state lines and often must pay substantial sums to requalify for nearly identical licenses. I am pleased by the success my office had in helping to successfully insert into the compromise NDAA the following provisions that are beneficial to America and Redstone Arsenal, including but not limited to: $38 million authorized for construction of an Aircraft and Flight Equipment Building on Redstone Arsenal; $40 million authorized for construction of a new air traffic control tower and airport terminal on Kwajalein Atoll; additional $161.6 million authorized for the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (located on Redstone Arsenal) for hypersonic weapons development; additional $108 million authorized for the development of the Missile Defense Agency's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor layer to detect and track hypersonic threats; additional $2.5 million authorized to develop next generation small satellites; additional $7 million authorized for new hypersonic weapons testing facilities; fully reverses the House Democrats' $50 million authorization cut to the Army Future Command's Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing Cross-functional Team's efforts to develop their Low Earth Orbit space architecture; and, additional $75 million authorized to develop Future Vertical Lift platforms. Perhaps as important as what's in the House-Senate NDAA is what is not in the bill. The bill does not cut border security funding. To be blunt, more Americans have died as a result of America's porous southern border than have been killed in any American military conflict, with the possible exceptions of World War II and the Civil War. Border security is national security. I'm pleased the House-Senate compromise NDAA doesn't hinder President Trump's ability to secure America's southern border and save American lives. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |