The law also bans goods manufactured with forced Uyghur labor in China from entering the U.S. and starts laying out plans for the Global War on Terror Memorial.
On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a $768.2 billion defense bill into law that keeps women from the military draft and alters the military justice system. The National Defense Authorization Act has measures in it that change how the military justice system manages sexual assault and other related crimes, essentially removing military commanders‘ prosecutorial jurisdiction over those cases. Republicans were able to prevent attempts to include women in the draft and added a measure that prohibits dishonorable discharge for service members who refuse to take the COVID vaccine. The authorized $768.2 billion includes a number of items for defense, such as a 2.7 percent pay raise for service members in 2022. The act, which received bipartisan support when it was passed earlier this month, increases overall military spending by 5 percent.
