FULL BILL TEXT: Rep. Robert Garcia introduces UAPDA as NDAA amendment
Rep. Robert Garcia (5-29-2024)
This week Congress is on its Memorial Day recess, but Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is making waves. He introduced Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act — or UAPDA — as an amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
READ UAPDA: FULL BILL TEXT
Last week a slew of lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee — or HASC — told us UAPs didn’t come up in the House markup of the measure.
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Though Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Schumer’s lead Republican co-author of the measure — did recently tell us negotiations have begun to “tweak” the measure in this year’s NDAA.
ICYMI — Schumer UAPDA Redux in NDAA? Exclusive w/ Senate coauthor, Sen. Rounds
Ask a Pol asked Sen. Rounds (5-21-2024)
Are we going to see a redux of your UAP amendment with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act — or NDAA — or tweaks to it?
“Tweaks,” Rounds replies. “But I can't talk much more than that about it.”
But the talks have started?
“Oh yeah, oh yeah,” Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “There’s some work being done.”
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