– Tuesday, the House passed eleven bills to better secure our homeland by improving our nation’s defenses and staying ahead of ever-evolving threats. Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today released the following statement regarding three of those bills as he is an original cosponsor of them. H.R. 5869 and H.R. 6400 were passed unanimously. H.R. 6439 passed by a… Read more »

FORT DRUM, NY- Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today joined four of his House colleagues at Fort Drum in upstate New York to participate in the Presidential signing into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19 NDAA). The FY19 NDAA includes legislation introduced by Rep. Bacon to ensure Gold Star families have access to military… Read more »

Bacon’s Statement on 2019 NDAA Today, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) and his colleagues in the House adopted the conference report to accompany the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 359 to 54. The report is the result of the NDAA Conference, which is a group of House Members and Senators who meet to reconcile the defense bills passed by each house of… Read more »

The text of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was released today by the House and Senate Conference Committee. Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) served on the committee for the second year in a row, and worked to convince House leadership and conference members to secure funding for OC-135s. “It was great to work with Senator Deb Fischer (NE) to ensure the… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) released a statement following his vote to pass the FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill: “Today my colleagues and I voted to provide essential funding for our national security, and the men and women who provide it.  This bill supports the President’s goal of restoring American military readiness by modernizing our aging aircraft, ships and… Read more »

Today, Speaker Paul Ryan named Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) as a House Armed Services Committee conferee to the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee. A conference committee resolves the differences between Senate and House versions of the same bill. Rep. Bacon previously served on the FY18 NDAA conference committee. “I want to thank Speaker Ryan for… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) released a statement following passage of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “This year’s NDAA provides critical investments, reforms, and advancements for our military forces. More than $117 billion of increased funding in this bill will provide resources needed to repair and replace equipment, improve training, and restore… Read more »

U.S. Representatives and combat veterans Don Bacon (R-NE), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mike Coffman (R-CO), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), submitted a proposed bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to amend the House Joint Resolution 118, Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) has introduced H.R. 5553, the Loya-Sears Warrior Transition Assistance Reform Act. Ryan Loya and Jeremy Sears were both Marine Corps Sergeants who served in combat together.  Each suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the same IED explosion and were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress (PTS). Ryan is now living in New York City and successfully… Read more »

Bill will call attention to the prevalence of post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries among the military and veteran populations, and the significant impact these untreated injuries have on servicemembers, family members, and communities at large. Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) has introduced the bipartisan Speed Warrior Outcomes, Research, Detection and Diagnosis (SWORDD)… Read more »