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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140221112329/http://hanabusa.house.gov/press-release/us-rep-hanabusa-votes-support-national-defense-authorization-act-compromise-bill | U.S. Rep. Hanabusa Votes to Support National Defense Authorization Act Compromise Bill | 2013-12-12 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Democrat | House | HI | Colleen Hanabusa | H001050 | web.archive.org | legacy | Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted in support of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compromise bill for Fiscal Year 2014, an agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators this week. “The NDAA has been approved with bipartisan support for 51 consecutive years, and though it was not a perfect process, we were able to continue that practice this year. I was proud to have worked to include provisions that will help Hawaii, among others providing critical funding for construction, research, and sustaining our maritime fleet. These provisions will strengthen Hawaii’s economy, spur innovation from local businesses, and solidify Hawaii’s presence as a central tenant of the Asia-Pacific rebalance. “The NDAA is critical to our nation’s safety and security, and it is vital that we pass it before we adjourn for the year. Particularly at a time when our military readiness has been hurt by the mindless cuts of sequestration, providing thoughtful and adequate funding for defense operations becomes all the more important. This year’s NDAA includes operation and maintenance funding to help mend some of the damage caused by overused equipment and neglected facilities, and ensures that the U.S. possesses a reliable and well-equipped defense force. It is my hope that the Senate can take up this bill and pass it swiftly before the year’s end.” To watch Hanabusa’s floor speech in support of the NDAA, click here: http://bit.ly/1b01xbg Hanabusa worked in the House Armed Services Committee and on the House floor to ensure her provisions were included in the bill. Those provisions would: Provide $400 million for military construction in Hawaii, as well as prohibit any additional rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Authorize more than $72 million in new loan guarantees for new commercial ship construction, critical for upgrading and building new shipping vessels running to and from Hawaii. Limit the funding for early retirement of Ticonderoga class cruisers, two of which are homeported at Pearl Harbor and currently conducting ongoing missions in the Asia Pacific. Provide the Secretary of Defense with the authority to lease real estate property for military heritage sites for a term of more than 5 years, and for an amount that is less than the fair market value of the lease interest if it serves the public interest. This language will help leverage this authority for sites like the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum in Hawaii. Require a report from the Secretary of Defense outlining the different savings initiatives that have been outlined and how they coincide with the Budget Control Act. The ultimate goal is to outline a path for how these initiatives can be used to offset sequestration. Require DoD to consider the strategic value of venues when determining where to hold training and conferences. It is important that certain locations in line with initiatives, like Hawaii, not be excluded from consideration for training and conferences just because of optics. Extend the authority to provide military transportation services to other federal agencies at the same rate the Department of Defense charges its own units for similar transportation. This enables public-private partnerships between TRANSCOM and other federal agencies. Strengthen enforcement of a provision of the 2008 NDAA that requires that the Department of Defense eliminate unauthorized personal services contracts and contracts for the performance of inherently governmental functions, and to reduce the number of contracts for the performance of closely associated with inherently governmental functions. Provide research funding to support the development of open source unmanned aerial systems architecture. Unmanned systems control segment software currently does not integrate with the numerous software applications employed by the Services, and the Services have little incentive to procure integrated solutions. Open source software is being demonstrated in Hawaii currently and this could help further our state’s case to be selected for future FAA test sites. Direct the Office of Naval Research to consider funding initiatives that could lead to the development of a low-cost Array Burial Vehicle capable of installing acoustic intelligence systems. The ability to obtain acoustic intelligence on foreign submarines is a critical national security need. This research has been ongoing in Hawaii, conducted by local, small engineering businesses. Fund further development of prepositioned expeditionary assistance kits (PEAK), which were successfully demonstrated in 2011. PEAKs provide an array of capabilities for field distributed essential services including potable water, power, communications and situational awareness that could allow expeditionary forces to provide effective and efficient operation beyond 72 hours after a disaster event. There is an ongoing effort to produce this capability in Hawaii. Leverage state and local technology investments to encourage the Department of Defense to fund mechanisms for supporting the nation's industrial base for emerging technologies. For example, the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research provides some administrative support and subject matter expertise for small and emerging businesses in diverse fields such as agriculture, renewable energy and health information systems. Also, the Hawaii Technology Development Venture supports Hawaii-based technology businesses, as well as current and future Department of Navy and Department of Defense programs. The bill makes transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to foreign countries easier, supporting the ultimate goal of closing the facility, and extends crime victims’ rights to victims of sexual assault under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It also includes a provision originally included in the House version that calls for the development of a facilities master plan that will include planning for healthy communities, controlled growth, and diversified transit systems. The NDAA compromise bill passed the House by a two-thirds majority vote and now heads to the Senate. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |