National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed yesterday bipartisan Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, sending the major legislation to President Biden to be signed into law.
This Act, passed last week by the House of Representatives...

![Congresswoman Amata and Secretary of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the US Capitol Rotunda on Dec. 9, 2021, prior to passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2022. Pacific security sections include $7.1 billion for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, U.S. commitment to a free and open Pacific region, and provision for an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Amata and Secretary of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_and_secretary_of_defense_austin.jpg?itok=ho4k75ls)