Rounds Secures South Dakota Victories in NDAA

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Rounds Secures South Dakota Victories in NDAA

Final NDAA authorizes construction projects totaling $269 million at Ellsworth Air Force Base, $2.3 billion for B-21 Raider stealth bomber

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the top Republican member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, released the following statement on the final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). Rounds authored 33 provisions in this year’s NDAA.

“The NDAA is a critical piece of legislation that provides for our national security and supports our service members and their families,” said Rounds. “Our members on the Senate Armed Services Committee have worked hard all year to craft this piece of legislation. The NDAA is a prime example of Congress putting politics aside to provide for our strategic national security interests and achieve results for our men and women in uniform.

“I’m particularly excited that this year’s NDAA includes legislation I’ve led for years that would create a congressional charter for the National American Indian Veterans. Additionally, the bill contains over $274 million in funding for construction projects in South Dakota. Most of this funding will support preparations for the bed down of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber at Ellsworth Air Force Base. As ranking member of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee, I am also proud of our work to strengthen our nation’s cyber capabilities and develop advanced technology to combat threats from our near-peer adversaries, the People’s Republic of China and Russia.

“I am pleased that this bipartisan legislation is heading to the president’s desk to be signed into law.”

This is the ninth NDAA that Rounds has helped craft as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In last year’s bill, Rounds authored more than 45 provisions, which were ultimately adopted and signed into law. Earlier this year, Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia’s Center for Effective Lawmaking named Rounds as the second most effective Republican on Defense issues.

7 thoughts on “Rounds Secures South Dakota Victories in NDAA”

  1. Mass surveillance, something that has never really be against the law in practicality since the introduction of the radio and television.

    Free speech, unless you speak out against mass surveillance.

    Free market, unless you start a business that ends mass surveillance.

    Post WWII era Martial Law should have been used by 1950.

    In a communist takeover, traitors are the first to go (and not by the conquered).

    Righting the ship means addressing these hard, cold truths.

  4. as much as i’d like the government to redo the patriot act, the breton woods accords, or sewards folly – – regarding the main topic: thanks mike rounds. whenever i get the sense that the wheels are coming off the usa, your hard work gives me hope.

  5. Senator Rounds takes his job seriously and does not grandstand with proposals that please a certain group at the expense of the majority.

  6. This bill funds Biden’s woke military initiative, which includes drag shows; and taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries; and also reauthorizes the flawed FISA.It is my understanding it also has about 800 million dollars for Ukraine. How about stopping millions of undocumented military age men invading our southern boarder is that in the defense bill? This is a 8% increase over last year! This government spending is destroying the US dollar and my retirement. See below link for some reference.
    https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2022/12/08/house-passes-defense-bill-with-more-taiwan-ukraine-security-aid/

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