Last week, I voted to secure several major Montana priorities in the 2023 defense bill.
This year’s bipartisan defense package ends the overreaching vaccine mandate for Montana servicemembers, includes a well-deserved pay raise for our military, protects women from the draft, and strengthens our nuclear triad to ensure America’s military remains the best in the world.
Montana wins in the bipartisan defense package:
- Ending the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for servicemembers
- Protecting women from the military draft
- Giving military servicemembers a 4.6% pay raise
- Adjusting the basic allowance for housing (BAH) in high-cost areas to combat the housing shortage for servicemembers
- Strengthening our national security through establishing a directorate within the Air Force Global Strike Command called the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Task Force to manage the transition and activation of the new LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM weapon system at Malmstrom
- Bolstering watercraft inspections to control invasive species such as zebra mussels
- Expediting hydropower development on Army Corps of Engineers dams
As your voice in the United States Senate, I will continue fighting for policies to support Montana servicemembers and strengthen our military.
Sincerely,
Senator Steve Daines
