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Dec 7 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
NEW:Tomorrow afternoon,House plans to take up the final version of #FY23NDAA defense programs & policy bill,filed tonight. Bill named after retiring Senate Armed Srvcs Ranking Mbr James Inhofe will 1st be considered by House Rules Cmte tomorrow at 11:30am. docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
Marijuana banking legislation (the SAFE Banking Act) included IN the House version of the defense bill is NOT in the final version. Image
Final #FY23NDAA "includes a provision that would require the Secretary of Defense to rescind the mandate that members of the Armed Forces be vaccinated against COVID-19." Image
Final defense bill "includes House provision w/an amdt that would prohibit the Sec. of Defense from knowingly permitting the sale of products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region at commissary stores or military exchanges." Image
Final defense programs & policy bill also authorizes up to $10 billion in security assistance over the next five years “to modernize Taiwan’s security capabilities to deter and, if necessary, defeat aggression by the People’s Republic of China.”

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