Issa Backed Provisions Included in House National Defense Authorization Act

Washington – Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) voted in favor of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which fully funds our national defense while cutting waste and improving military efficiency.

The bill:

• Provides the largest pay raise for servicemembers in 20 years

• Puts the brakes on woke ideology in the military

• Strengthens oversight and fiscal accountability

• Makes meaningful investments in deterring CCP aggression

• Creates a pathway back for servicemembers wrongfully kicked out of the military over the COVID Vaccine Mandate

• Provides support for border security to secure U.S. borders and disrupt illicit drug trafficking.

The House-passed NDAA includes provisions championed by Congressman Issa:

• Royce Williams

  • Upgrades the Navy Cross of San Diego’s CAPT E. Royce Williams (Ret.) to the Medal of Honor. Captain Williams bravely and selflessly engaged solo against seven Soviet-piloted MiG jets in a classified Korean War mission, downing five enemy jets, and saving the ship and its crew despite 263 holes and a foot-long gash inches away from destroying his craft.

• Afghanistan

  • Helps bring accountability for the Biden Administration’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021 that resulted in the loss of 13 American servicemembers.

• Iran – Russia Links

  • As the Biden Administration looks to revive the failed Iran nuclear deal, the amendment requires a report on nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia, which could further Iran’s nuclear weapons program and help keep Russia’s nuclear industry afloat.