Luttrell Scores Big Wins with Final Passage of FY25 NDAA
WASHINGTON – Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), achieved several key victories in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This critical legislation, which establishes funding levels and policies for the Department of Defense, passed with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives. Congressman Luttrell's provisions underscore his commitment to bolstering defense capabilities, supporting servicemembers, and advancing national security priorities for Texas and the nation.
“As a combat veteran, I know that military success depends on preparation, resources, and undeterred focus on the mission. The FY25 NDAA is shaped to ensure our warfighters have the support they need to win on any battlefield,” said Congressman Luttrell. “From investing in advanced technology like AI and hypersonics to providing our troops with better medical care, housing and pay, this NDAA will keep America strong and secure. The FY25 NDAA also breaks new ground on treatments for veterans by funding innovative therapies for PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.
“While I’m disappointed that my amendment to evaluate the need for a Cyber Force was scaled back, the NDAA provides vital resources for our military and strengthens our defense capabilities. Cybersecurity is one of the most critical challenges we face in ensuring the safety and security of our nation, and I’m committed to further advancing cybersecurity as part of our national security strategy."
The FY25 NDAA includes critical provisions that align with Congressman Luttrell’s mission to recognize cyberspace as a critical warfighting domain, boost hypersonic research and development, and support service members and veterans, such as:
- A requirement for an independent study on the establishment of a Cyber Force
- Investments to advance the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ability to develop and deploy hypersonic technologies
- Direction to DoD to improve the data in our service members’ medical records, ensuring the best and most through care possible
- $20M increase in funding for counter-narcotics support across the DoD
- Oversight and improvement of DoD’s Transition Assistance Program
- Support for initiatives that strengthen our alliance with Israel
- Provisions that leverage the work, research, and ingenuity of Texas’ universities and businesses to strengthen our national security
- Strengthened prohibitions to make sure our nation’s enemies cannot access our military’s education and training resources
- A briefing from DoD’s Chief Digital and AI Officers on efforts to support Replicator
- A provision that directs research into tools, including leveraging artificial intelligence models, to prevent veteran suicide
The FY25 NDAA also:
- Authorizes a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers and supports a 4.5% pay raises for all other servicemembers
- Provides billions in funding for housing and barracks improvements
- Improves servicemember healthcare through streamlining bureaucratic systems and providing more healthcare professionals
- Increases access to childcare across the Force
- Supports military spouses by ensuring their ability to work and thrive alongside their partners wherever they are stationed
- Bans transgender medical treatments for children
- Bans critical race theory
- Cuts DEI across the Force
- Counters antisemitism through prohibitions on organizations that refuse to do business with Israel to do business with the DoD
- Provides $15.6 billion for deterrence of Chinese aggression
- Takes corrective actions on the F-35 program to ensure responsible government spending
- Cuts $3.9 billion in wasteful DoD spending
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress when unable to perform their duties
- Provides support to our ally Israel
- Prohibits the reduction of Special Forces
- Provides extensive resources to bolster counter drug interdiction and security at the Southern border
- Provides $895 billion in total for American military preparedness