Senator Peters' Provisions Included in Final National Defense Bill

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today announced that the final national defense bill agreed to by negotiators from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives includes provisions he authored and cosponsored to address PFAS contamination in Michigan and across the country. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets policy for the Department of Defense, has been enacted into law for more than 55 consecutive years. Now that a final bill is negotiated, the Senate and House will vote on it before it goes to the President to be signed into law. This year’s NDAA includes a number of provisions, including a 3.1 percent pay raise for servicemembers, an end to the Widow’s Tax — which will increase survivor’s benefits for families of deceased servicemembers — and bipartisan legislation Peters cosponsored to crack down on international manufacturers and traffickers of fentanyl. For more information: https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-pfas-provisions-included-in-final-national-defense-bill