The Republican-drafted House version of the fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill would ban the Pentagon from spending any funds on what critics say are woke Biden administration military policies, including sex-change surgeries, climate initiatives and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Curbs sought on transgender surgery, diversity programs, climate initiatives
Other restrictions contained in the GOP bill would prohibit Pentagon funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the U.S.-based group EcoHealth Alliance that has conducted research at the institute. The Chinese laboratory has been linked by the FBI and Energy Department intelligence units as a possible source of the COVID-19 virus.
The White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement issued Monday that it “strongly opposes” the House version of the NDAA and said Mr. Biden was prepared to veto it. Another bill provision bans the military from using any of appropriated funds for surgical procedures or hormone therapies used in so-called “gender-affirming care.”
On climate change, the bill would block all Pentagon funds from being spent on White House executive orders on climate issues, including one that calls for “environmental justice.”
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