Defense

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) introduced the Recruiters on Campus Act (ROC Act) that requires American high schools that receive federal funding allow military recruiters access to their campuses.  On January 27, 1973, the United States military officially ended the draft, and for fifty years this country has had the distinct luxury of having… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) is proud to introduce H.R. 6573, the Protecting Military Servicemembers' Data Act of 2023. This bill would prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or providing for consideration lists of U.S. military service members to adversarial nations. Rep. Fallon is proud to introduce this… Read more »

Washington, D.C.-- Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) introduced the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Security Assessment Act today which would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct an annual assessment of both physical and cybersecurity threats to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Rep. Fallon was joined by Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) in introducing this… Read more »

Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) along with nine fellow House Republicans sent follow-up letters today to the Secretaries of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force demanding that they halt their policy of forcing U.S. servicemembers who were discharged for their refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine to repay their signing bonuses. These letters were reported on by… Read more »

Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) and Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) are proud to introduce today the Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act, also known as "SEFITA." This bill seeks to prevent the Iranian regime from securing funding from international financial institutions, as well as ensure that sanctions are enforced. As previously reported by the Washington Free Beacon,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Pat Fallon (TX-04), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) reintroduced yesterday the Ukraine Human Rights Policy Act of 2023. In the wake of new evidence of continued human rights violations and war crimes committed by Russian and Russia-aligned forces in Ukraine, this… Read more »