Washington – the House of the United States skillfully approved the annual law on defense policy on Wednesday, despite the delayed objection of Democrats towards supply This prohibits the protection of military health insurance for children of members of service seeking transgender care.
The legislators adopted a historically two -sided package 241-180. Ultimately, 81 Democrats supported the law, and 16 Republicans voted against him. The middle is now going to the Senate.
Congress approved the provisions in force for 63 years in a row. President Joe Biden has not yet issued a statement whether he would sign him.
. USD 884.9 billion Bill includes an boost in salaries by 4.5% for all soldiers and an additional 10% impact for the most younger military ranks, from private to corporal. The Act also presents an improvement in military apartments and childcare.
Massive package It is a political account, which means that it does not provide the Pentagon of financing, but rather saves the goals of the Defense Department for the coming financial year. Congress assignments still have to approve actual expenses.
“Life of thousands of threatened children”
Among the democrats who opposed the final regulations, was the best democrat of the Armed Services Committee, representative Adam Smith. In the statement after the vote, Smith said that he could not vote like this, although there was a lot to celebrate in the text.
“However, the corrosive impact of the finding of Johnson’s speaker on the inclusion of a harmful recipe exposes the lives of thousands of children to the risk, denying them health care and may force thousands of service members to choose between the continuation of military service or the departure to ensure that their child will be able to get the needed health care. It will be felt for future generations – said Smith from the state of Washington.
All democrats present in the procedural step to develop the bill on Tuesday voted against the defense package.
The four-year provision regarding the 1800-page Bill account prohibits Tricare health insurance for children members who are looking for “medical interventions in the treatment of sexual dysphoria that could cause sterilization.”
Treatment of sexual dysphoria – a non -compliance between the sex of a person assigned at birth and current sex expression – includes mental health, hormone therapy and surgery. The Act does not specify which procedures are prohibited.
Smith, on the floor before voting, said that the measure was included from “Ignorants, Bigotic reasons against the Trans community” and that “it is modestly a great legal act.”
Prohibition of home speakers
Alabama representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the Committee for Military Services of Houses, he said reporters On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the speaker of the house Mike Johnson “did not talk to me about it” before he entered the recipe in the final text.
Johnson of Louisiana advertised this agent on Tuesday, as well as other regulations that freeze employment of diversity, justice and inclusion and prohibit federal funds for some racial relations in the institutions of the Defense Department.
The President of the Human Rights Campaign, Kelley Robinson, criticized the approved by the Chamber of the Men in the final bill, saying that army members were used as “tender systems” for this problem.
“Military soldiers and their families wake up every day and sacrifice more than most of us will ever understand. These families protect our right to free life and with dignity – they deserve the same right and freedom of access to the care that their children need, “said Robinson.
“Today, politicians at home revealed the promise of our nation for those who serve. Not since the “Act on the Defense of Marriage” passed almost 30 years ago, the anti-LGBTQ+ policy was enrolled in federal right. For thousands of families who influenced this, it is not about politics. It is about young people who deserve our support, “continued the campaign president.
Controversy about space strength
Another provision in the Act will transfer certain functions of the National Guard and staff for cosmic force without the consent of the state governors – an objection caused.
According to the United States Association in the United States, about 1,000 specialists in the Space National Guard serve in 14 units in seven states.
This movement can affect 33 staff in Alaska, 126 in California, 119 in Colorado, 75 in Florida, 130 in Hawaii and 69 in Ohio.
Retired division general Francis M. McGinn, president of the National Guard Association, said WA statement Monday that the provision is “an existential threat to the state authorities over the National Guard.”
Amendment to hit the recipe offered by democratic rep. Joe Neguse from Colorado lost On Monday at the House Rule Committee.
New requirements for exposure to the explosion
The final act also included a measure of prevention, assessment and treatment of conditions, including traumatic brain injuries, incurred by members of the service repeatedly exposed to the explosion Pressure waves.
Legislation requires the Department of Defense to establish a fearless defense network in terms of traumatic brain and brain health no later than January 1, 2026. Other fines include creating security thresholds to issue at the beginning of 2027 Services to look for services to search for service to search for services for service treatment, without fear of retaliation, brain injury.
The department will also be obliged to report to the Congress on safety initiatives and the number of members of the service who are looking for, among others, treatment.
This year, security regulations were through sense this year. Joni Ernst, a republican from Iowa and Elizabeth Warren, a democrat with Massachusetts, as well as Democrat Ro Khanna from California.
States Newsroom An interview was conducted The recipient of Purple Heart State in Washington in May, who was among over 100 soldiers who suffered brain injuries after an Iranian air strike at the American air base in Iraq in January 2020.
On the campaign trail in October, President Elek Donald Trump disregarded the injuries of these soldiers as “headaches. “It was not the first time Trump discredited the injuries of soldiers resulting from the attack on 2020.
Last updated 17:38, December 11, 2024
