Senator Bob Menendez and Senator Rubio and the US Congress had put a bill forward through Congress titled ‘US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act’.
The bill was passed on 8 December 2021 with President Joe Biden signing the National Defense Authorization Act into law a few hours ago on Monday, 27 December.
The act will see the authorisation of $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7 per cent pay raise for military service members in 2022.
.@POTUS signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 which includes @SenatorMenendez @SenRubioPress “USA-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partners Act”
— Lena Argiri (@lenaargiri) December 27, 2021
Meanwhile, the NDAA has also allocated an extra 5 per cent of funds over issues ranging from reforms of the military justice system to COVID-19 vaccine requirements for soldiers. The issue of dishonorable discharges of service members that refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is still under discussion.
Finally, another $300 million will go towards the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative against Russian aggression whereas $4 billion is allocated to the European Defense Initiative.
The bill, that has now become law, includes provisions aimed at bolstering US-Greece defense partnerships.
