WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Scott Franklin (FL-18) applauded final passage of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The measure passed the House 281-140.

"In the current global threat landscape, with Iranian terrorist proxies scorching the Middle East and China's growing malign influence at home and abroad, it's more critical than ever to refocus our military on lethality and ensure our troops are properly supported," Congressman Scott Franklin said. "This NDAA does that—eliminating DEI and CRT training distractions while authorizing a historic 14.5% pay increase and improved benefits for junior enlisted servicemembers. The 2025 bill also saves taxpayers $31 billion while strengthening our deterrence capabilities across geographic and functional combatant commands. With Republicans set to control both chambers and the White House next year, I’ll keep fighting to advance policies that strengthen our national security and equip our warfighters with the tools necessary to fight and win."

The 2025 NDAA includes the following key provisions:

  • Saves $31 billion, cutting inefficient programs, contractor waste, obsolete weapons and bureaucracy at the Pentagon 
  • Prohibits funding for the teaching, training or promotion of CRT in the military, including at service academies and DoD schools.
  • Extends the DEI hiring freeze, preventing DoD from establishing any new positions or filling any open DEI positions until the GAO completes and investigation of the Pentagon’s DEI programs.
  • Blocks the Biden Administration’s plan to reduce the number of U.S. Special Forces.
  • Improves pay and benefits for servicemembers, including a historic 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted and funding to build new housing and improve existing housing.
  • Authorizes $15.6 billion, $5.7 billion more than requested, for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative to enhance U.S. deterrence and defense posture in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • Fully funds military exercises with our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific to counter China’s growing reach and reaffirm U.S. support of Taiwan.
  • Prohibits DoD from reducing the number of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles or the responsiveness or alert status of the arsenal.
  • Requires DoD to develop a plan to fully fund and continually restock the National Defense Stockpile during times of extended national emergency.
  • Requires DoD to continue to provide battlefield intelligence to Israel for the defeat of Hamas.
  • Authorizes full funding for joint U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs such as Iron Dome, Arrow, and David’s Sling. 
  • Prohibits DoD funds from directly or indirectly being made available to Iranian terrorist proxy organizations.
  • Fully funds modernization of the nuclear triad, as well as the scientific infrastructure and nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture that support our nuclear deterrent.

Read the full text of the FY2025 NDAA here.