Includes Troop Pay Raise, Support for Malmstrom Air Force Base, Border Security Initiatives and Counters Chinese Communist Party
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines secured several major Montana priorities in the bipartisan “National Defense Authorization Act” (NDAA) including support for Malmstrom, a pay raise for our troops and much-needed border security provisions.
“This year’s bipartisan defense package delivered huge wins for our national security and for Montana, including Malmstrom Air Force Base. I am proud to support our men and women in uniform and protect the homeland by bolstering the infrastructure at Malmstrom, protecting our southern border and countering the Chinese Communist Party,” Daines said. “With the United States and its allies facing multiple threats around the world, my hope is these wins are only the start of an effort to rebuild America’s military and give our troops and their families the support they deserve.”
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Montana Wins in the NDAA:
- Provides a 5.2% pay raise for our troops
- Approves $10 million for Fire Station Bay construction project at Malmstrom Air Force Base
- Approves $30 million for Great Falls Airport to accommodate the new C-130Js
- Funds to refurbish all 150 of Malmstrom’s missile silos
- Approves contracting authorizations to expedite Sentinel Program at Malmstrom
- Provides more than $187 million in NORAD radar capabilities as well as more than $400 million for Backscatter Radar to prevent another Chinese spy balloon
- Holds “woke” Pentagon bureaucrats accountable by rooting out divisive ideology, specifically targeting DEI programs
- Prohibits the display of unapproved flags on military instillations
- Bolsters border security by requiring the Pentagon to counter cartels and empowering DOD to fight cartels in cyberspace, among other initiatives
- Mandates DOD establish a pathway of reenlistment for servicemembers who were involuntarily separated solely for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination
- Instructs President Biden to end China’s developing nation status
- Authorizes military training and cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan
- Stands with our ally Israel and our Middle Eastern partners against terrorism by authorizing funds for U.S.-Israel missile defense programming and extending the U.S.-Israel anti-tunneling mission
- Grants the Native Indian Veterans Service Organization an official congressional VSO charter
- Commissions a Defense Logistics Agency study on proprietary tech labels that impact veteran-owned small businesses