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Congresswoman Lauren Boebert voted to fund the United States military by passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to equip our brave men and women in uniform with the resources they need to accomplish their missions and get home safely. The NDAA that passed the House also included three of Congresswoman Boebert’s bipartisan amendments. Her first amendment added her Pueblo Jobs Act to the NDAA. Her second amendment protected our service members’ children by prohibiting pornographic and radical gender ideology books in on-base school libraries. Finally, her third amendment fought back against Chinese Communist Party propaganda by requiring the DoD to report on institutions of higher education that have received DoD funding and hosted a Confucius Institute.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) said, “It is Congress’s job to ensure that our nation’s most precious resource, its sons and daughters, mothers and fathers who answered the call to serve in uniform have the best chance to come home to their families and have the necessary resources to accomplish their missions. I’m also thrilled we secured a major win for Pueblo by passing my Pueblo Jobs Act as a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. I look forward to my bipartisan bill being signed into law that will helping facilitate job growth and economic development while investing in Pueblo’s future.”

Background:

Congresswoman Boebert voted for the Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA, and it passed the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 219-210.

The FY24 NDAA contains enormous wins for national security and military families. This bill takes an important step toward returning the Department of Defense to its fundamental mission, strengthening military readiness, improving the lethality of our armed forces, and providing crucial support to our men and women in uniform including:

• The largest basic pay increase in more than 20 years—5.2 percent.
• Extends recruitment and retention bonuses.
• Authorizes over $240 million to reduce out-of-pocket housing costs.
• Expands reimbursement eligibility for military spouses on business costs and relicensing when transferring locations.
• Reduces DoD childcare fees for military families.
• Authorizes $113 billion over the budget request for new military childcare centers and authorizes over $280 million to build new schools for military children.
• Establishes a pathway for the return of service members discharged under tyrannical vaccine mandates.
• Counters aggression from the Chinese Communist Party.
• Invokes oversight at the Pentagon by requiring the DoD Inspector General to conduct a full audit of the price and cost data for major acquisition programs.
• Establishes an Inspector General for Ukraine tasked with auditing all aid provided by the United States.
• Develops advanced radar systems to track high-altitude balloons and missiles
• Fully funds the modernization of our nuclear triad.
• Establishes a Space National Guard.
• Prohibits the DoD from funding abortions via reimbursements for time off, lodging, and travel expenses.
• Prohibits taxpayer funding for “gender-affirming care” surgeries and gender hormone treatments.
• Prohibits taxpayer funding for drag shows.
• Prohibits taxpayer funds going towards the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and prohibits funds towards any advisory committee dealing with CRT.
• Abolishes diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at the Department of Defense.
• Prohibits the DoD from carrying out the Biden administration’s climate change executive orders.
• Includes a Parents’ Bill of Rights for servicemembers to ensure military parents’ right to review curriculum materials, meet with teachers, and provide consent before any medical exams or screenings at school.

Congresswoman Boebert spoke about the successful policies included in the NDAA: 

Congresswoman Boebert also spoke at a press conference about the NDAA: 

Additionally, Congresswoman Boebert passed three amendments to the FY24 NDAA with bipartisan support.

Congresswoman Boebert’s Pueblo Jobs Act passed via a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote as an amendment to the bill which will support at least 1,000 jobs in Pueblo as the Pueblo Chemical Depot finishes its closure process. Click HERE to read more about the Pueblo Jobs Act. Congresswoman Boebert spoke about the importance of her Pueblo Jobs Act:

Congresswoman Boebert also passed an amendment to require the DoD to report on institutions of higher education that have received DoD funding and hosted a Confucius Institute funded by the People’s Republic of China. Her amendment passed via a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote.

Finally, Congresswoman Boebert also passed an amendment to prohibit Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries. Her amendment passed 222-209 via a bipartisan recorded vote. Congresswoman Boebert spoke about her amendment protecting our service members’ children on the House Floor:

Congresswoman Boebert has been an extremely effective legislator in the 118th Congress and has now passed three bills through the House of Representatives with bipartisan support and passed eighteen of eighteen amendments through the House, seventeen of which had strong bipartisan support. 

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