More NDAA Highlights

Press Release

The annual defense policy bills authorize over $730 billion in discretionary spending for our national defense to maintain military readiness, enhance capabilities, improve personnel initiatives, and prioritize technological security. Additional provisions include:

A second consecutive 3% pay raise for service members

Continued oversight to ensure quality housing for military families

Hazardous duty pay for troops responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Funds efforts to proactively increase the country's ability to prepare for and respond to future pandemics

Enhanced military justice and sexual assault prevention and response initiatives

Continued efforts to address contamination associated with per-and polyfluorinated compounds in
military communities

Funding to support research for climate crisis response

Requires a review and change of the names of all military bases and infrastructure named for individuals who served in the Confederacy

Prohibits the display of the Confederate flag on Defense installations

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