WASHINGTON — The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, includes numerous provisions that directly impact Hawaii – including $1.7 billion in construction projects – and many others that benefit the Pacific region, military service members stationed in Hawaii, and Department of Defense projects and initiatives of which Hawaii has a stake.
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The mammoth $886 billion bill, which cleared the Senate on Wednesday, passed the House on a 318-110 vote. It now moves to President Joe Biden for final approval
The NDAA includes a 5.2% raise for service members, an extension of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, expansion of initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region aimed at checking potential Chinese aggression and extension of the controversial Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals
The bill does not include prohibitions on reimbursing service members for travel expenses related to receiving abortion services and covering hormone treatments for transgender service members, which more conservative lawmakers had sought to include
While the NDAA does not appropriate funding of its individual provisions, it does set the DoD’s agenda for the coming year and authorizes funding for the priorities identified within
The mammoth $886 billion bill, which cleared the Senate on Wednesday, passed the House on a 318-110 vote. It now moves to President Joe Biden for final approval.
