H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 10 Sep 2025. Introduced 9 Jun 2025.

Official title: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 10 Sep 2025: Passed, 231 Yea, 196 Nay, 0 Present, 5 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate: not yet considered.
President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.

How each member voted

Senate

Not yet considered.

House

Yea (231): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23).

Nay (196): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); David Scott (D-GA-13); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).

Not voting (5): Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11).

Not in office (13): Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes fiscal year 2026 appropriations and sets policy for Department of Defense activities, military construction and Department of Energy national security programs, with funding tables, Maritime Administration programs, a central bank digital currency prohibition and a Coast Guard authorization. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F

Its core areas: Defense procurement and research and development authorizations; Operation and maintenance, logistics and environmental matters; Military personnel strengths, officer and reserve policy, and recruitment; Military pay, allowances, family programs and TRICARE health care; Acquisition policy, supply chains and industrial base; Foreign nations, cyberspace, artificial intelligence, space and nuclear forces; Military construction, military housing and real property; Department of Energy nuclear security and Maritime Administration programs; Defense funding tables; Federal Reserve limits on central bank digital currency; Coast Guard authorization.

Unexpected Items: 201 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (34)

Sec. 351: Establishment of Army museum system: Directs the Secretary of the Army to support a system of official Army museums that includes the National Museum of the United States Army, with criteria for designation and closure.
Sec. 352: Authorization to maintain a library in the Department of the Navy: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to maintain a library in the Department of the Navy for historical records, technical documents, and educational resources.
Sec. 353: Authorization to maintain a Navy art gallery: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to maintain an art gallery to preserve, display, and promote artwork related to the history and operations of the Navy.
Sec. 354: Establishment of United States Navy Museum System: Establishes the United States Navy Museum System and lists eleven named museums as included in it, plus others the Secretary may designate.
Sec. 355: Establishment of Center for the Study of the National Guard: Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a Center for the Study of the National Guard at an academic institution that meets stated criteria, to serve as a repository for National Guard records and conduct research and outreach.
Sec. 356: Recognition of certain aspects of the National Navy UDT–SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial: Directs the Secretary of the Navy to recognize named memorial areas of the National Navy UDT–SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial, national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial.
Sec. 810: Establishment of Schedule V for veteran employment and philanthropy reporting by defense contractors and grantees: Creates a disclosure schedule, Schedule V, requiring larger defense contractors, subcontractors and grantees to publicly report veteran hiring and retention, philanthropic giving, and executive involvement.
Sec. 838: Ensuring Department of Defense contractor compliance with disability hiring goals: Requires the Secretary of Defense to audit Department of Defense contractors' compliance with the 7-percent disability employment utilization goal for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 and report the findings.
Sec. 1049: Prohibition on availability of funds for institutions of higher education that allow antisemitic demonstrations: Bars fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds from going to an institution of higher education where an antisemitic demonstration has occurred and administrators have not acted to mitigate and prevent more.
Sec. 1054: Process to furnish certain demographic data regarding members of the Armed Forces to State educational agencies: Requires the Secretaries concerned to establish a process giving State educational agencies access to data on service members and denied applicants who graduated high school in the State, for integration into State data systems.
Sec. 1056: Ceremonial horses adoption program of the Army: Amends the Army ceremonial horse adoption process so that a horse found suitable for transfer goes first to a State, local, municipal, or Tribal law enforcement agency able to care for it.
Sec. 1057: Elimination of discretion of military chain of command and senior civilian leadership with respect to display of flags: Strikes subparagraph (N) from section 1052(d)(1) of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act; the section heading describes this as eliminating discretion of the chain of command and senior civilian leadership over flag display.
Sec. 1070N: GAO review and report on biological weapons experiments on and in relation to ticks, tick-borne disease: Directs the Comptroller General to review Department of Defense research from 1945 through 1972 on using ticks as hosts or delivery mechanisms for biological warfare agents, and to report within 18 months.
Sec. 1092: Updates and preservation of memorials to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery: Directs the Secretary of the Army to permit a named organization to modify and update chaplain memorials on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery, at no cost to the Federal Government.
Sec. 1541: Modification to certification requirement regarding contracting for military recruiting: Amends a prior certification requirement so recruiting contractors may not rate or rank news or information sources for accuracy, provide misinformation or bias ratings, or acquire such ratings from others, and strikes subsection (c).
Sec. 1701: Copyright to a literary work produced by a civilian faculty member of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in the course of such employment: free use by the Federal Government: Amends the federal copyright law (title 17) to add the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to a list of entities in section 105(d)(2), with conforming renumbering.
Sec. 1702: Combating illicit tobacco products: Bars sale of ENDS and oral nicotine products at military exchanges and commissaries unless the manufacturer certifies FDA marketing-order or premarket-application status, and requires a public directory of certified products.
Sec. 1729: Report on interagency coordination targeting fentanyl and precursor chemicals: Directs the Secretary of Defense to expand interagency coordination on fentanyl and precursor chemicals, including joint operations with other departments, and to report on gaps in detection, monitoring and interdiction.
Sec. 1733: Recognition and honoring of service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II: Amends title 38 so service in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps from July 1, 1943 to December 31, 1948 counts as active duty for headstone, marker and related benefits, and directs the Secretary of Defense to issue honorable discharges.
Sec. 1733A: Interest on funds provided to Federal Communications Commission: Bars the Secretary of the Treasury from charging interest on funds borrowed by the Federal Communications Commission, returns interest already collected, and ends the obligation to pay unpaid accrued interest.
Sec. 1733C: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina: Amends the Act of June 7, 1956 to extend federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, make it eligible for federal services for recognized tribes, authorize taking land into trust, and set North Carolina jurisdiction over that land.
Sec. 1733G: Penalties for unlawful entry and violation of security regulations: Amends title 18 to raise the maximum penalty for unlawful entry onto military, naval or coast guard property from six months to two years, and creates a two-year felony for violating security regulations of designated national defense areas.
Sec. 1737: Prohibition on certain federal awards: Prohibits any federal research agency from providing covered research awards to individuals whose affiliations or collaborators involve a hostile foreign entity, and bars Department of Defense funds to institutions of higher education with covered partnerships with such entities, with a national security waiver.
Sec. 1738: Disclosures: Requires applicants for covered awards from any federal research agency to disclose five years of collaborators, funding, affiliations, and travel connected to foreign adversary countries.
Sec. 1739: Concurrent and post-award restrictions: Conditions covered research awards on no affiliation with a hostile foreign entity during the award and restricts sharing of nonpublished results for five years afterward, with annual institutional certifications.
Sec. 2832: Historical marker commemorating effects of radiation exposure at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range: Requires the Air Force and Army to place historical markers at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range commemorating radiation exposure effects on communities in New Mexico from the Manhattan Project and Trinity Site test.
Sec. 2839: Prohibition on the use of single-sex facilities on military installations that do not correspond to the sex of an individual: Prohibits any person from using a single-sex facility on a military installation that does not correspond to their sex, with exceptions for emergency medical personnel and law enforcement and a national security waiver.
Sec. 2878: Establishment of Air Force and Space Force Museum System: Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to support a system of official Air Force and Space Force museums, including the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with designation and closure criteria and partnerships with nonprofit organizations.
Sec. 3401: Authorization of appropriations: Authorizes $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 to the Secretary of Energy for activities relating to the naval petroleum reserves, available until expended. ($13,000,000)
Sec. 371: Authority to evacuate family pets and contract working dogs during noncombatant evacuations of foreign countries: Lets the Secretary of Defense enter agreements with nonprofit entities to evacuate family pets of evacuated U.S. citizens and contract working dogs during noncombatant evacuations from a foreign country.
Sec. 380: Initiative to control spread of greater banded hornet in Guam: Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance efforts to manage, control, and interdict the greater banded hornet on military installations in Guam, with annual briefings for the next three years.
Sec. 516: FireGuard Program: program of record; authorization: Makes the FireGuard Program a program of record, authorizes it through December 31, 2031, and requires five annual briefings on wildfire information provided to States, counties, municipalities, and Tribal governments.
Sec. 901: Prohibition of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs of the Department of Defense: Repeals diversity-related reporting requirements, the chief diversity officer and a leadership diversity program, and bars the Secretary of Defense from maintaining diversity, equity, inclusion or accessibility offices, positions, groups, plans and training.
Sec. 1070R: Report on red flags missed in fraud scheme perpetrated by Janet Yamanaka Mello: Requires a report on a named individual's fraud scheme involving over $100,000,000 in 4-H Military Partnership Grant program funds, covering supervision failures, missed warning signs, and recommended changes. ($100,000,000)

Applies only to a specific place or group (30)

Sec. 318: Pilot program on Navy installation nuclear energy: Requires a ten-year Navy pilot program on small modular or mobile reactors at not fewer than two installations, with priority for an installation that has a memorandum of agreement with a private power provider or reactor vendor and supports mid-Atlantic naval operations.
Sec. 319: Pilot program to install propane-powered generators at a domestic defense industrial base facility: Requires a pilot program to install propane-powered generators, used with an on-site microgrid, at a single organic industrial base facility, ending five years after enactment.
Sec. 344: Authority to establish Advanced Technology Centers to enhance workforce training in certain critical skills: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish Advanced Technology Centers for workforce training at community colleges whose workforce programs include a critical national production facility.
Sec. 564: Transition Assistance Program: Department of Labor Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot Program: Creates a Department of Labor pilot program that contracts with 10 to 60 private entities for employment counseling and gives contract preference to entities meeting a list of size, service-history and performance criteria.
Sec. 624: Basic allowance for housing: study to evaluate alternative rate calculation: Directs the Secretary of Defense to seek an agreement with a covered entity to run a study using machine learning to calculate proposed basic allowance for housing rates in at least 15 military housing areas; the covered entity is defined by criteria rather than by name.
Sec. 746: Pilot program on use of fish skin regeneration products in treating burn and blast injuries: Allows the Secretary to run a three-year pilot evaluating fish skin regeneration products for burn and blast injuries, and requires it to be carried out at one named medical center if it is run.
Sec. 748: Pilot program to help certain members of the Armed Forces stop smoking: Authorizes a one-year smoking-alternatives pilot that must operate at one or more installations whose personnel numbers exceed the national average for smoking and for four listed population groups.
Sec. 749: Pilot program on secure, mobile personal health record for members of the Armed Forces participating in the Transition Assistance Program: Sets a pilot for a personal health record platform for members in the Transition Assistance Program, with a platform definition of technical requirements that a limited set of existing platforms may meet.
Sec. 753: Assessment and program on use of radiation-shielding personal protective equipment to prevent or reduce the severity of acute radiation syndrome and associated mortality: Requires an assessment of bone-marrow-protecting gamma radiation-shielding protective equipment and, if favorable, requirements and an acquisition plan for that equipment.
Sec. 809: Prioritization of domestic boron: Directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to issue regulations prioritizing Department of Defense acquisition of boron from United States sources through domestic supply chains.
Sec. 824: Amendment to requirement for domestic stainless steel flatware and dinnerware: Strikes subsection (c) from the section of the FY2025 defense authorization act on the domestic stainless steel flatware and dinnerware requirement.
Sec. 856: Acceleration of qualification of compliant sources: Authorizes the Department of Defense, notwithstanding the existing sourcing restriction, to procure a covered material stockpiled in an allied or partner nation if it has been under uninterrupted control by an entity there since 2000.
Sec. 859: Shipping container supply chain: Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop a requirement for a standard shipping container production facility at an Army depot that has a consolidated shipping center and is part of the organic industrial base.
Sec. 916: Limitation on authority to reduce in rank the billets of the commanding officers of certain military installations of the Air Force: Bars the Secretary of the Air Force from lowering the rank of the commanding officer billet below O-7 at an installation meeting three listed criteria until 90 days after a report is submitted to the Armed Services Committees.
Sec. 1070H: Report on proposed Western Hemisphere Command: Requires a report on a proposed Western Hemisphere Command, including an analysis of the benefits of retaining its headquarters at a named installation in San Antonio, Texas, citing local factors.
Sec. 1070L: Report on cost of living adjustment: Requires a report on cost of living adjustment calculations for personnel stationed in one congressional district of California, including whether areas there should get an increased adjustment and a comparison of Monterey and Santa Clara.
Sec. 1070Q: Report on options for establishing a digital engagement framework for addressing recruitment, retention, and readiness challenges: Requires a report on a digital engagement framework for recruitment and retention, including an assessment of partnerships with 501(c)(3) nonprofits that meet listed criteria about digital communities and health and wellness funding.
Sec. 1083: Pilot program on digital force protection for Special Operations Forces: Lets the Special Operations Command pilot a digital force protection program and contract for training whose required capabilities are listed in detail, including commercial solutions already deployed in a mission environment.
Sec. 1205: Research, development, test, and evaluation of emerging technologies to further the warfighting capabilities of the United States and certain partner countries: Authorizes joint research, development, test and evaluation of emerging technologies with a covered partner country, defined as a country with a bilateral agreement signed as of June 1, 2025 that is managed by a specific Department of Defense directorate.
Sec. 1247: Strategy: Requires the Department of Defense to submit a strategy on raising the issue of political prisoners in Pakistan, including a named former Prime Minister, in military-to-military engagements with Pakistan.
Sec. 1506: Evaluation of Joint Task Force-Cyber for the Indo-Pacific Area of responsibility: Requires an evaluation, recommendations and implementation plan for establishing a Joint Task Force-Cyber for the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility by July 1, 2026.
Sec. 1704: Modifications to authority for transfer and sale of certain surplus firearms, ammunition, and parts: Expands authority for the Army, Navy, Air Force and other federal agencies to transfer surplus pistols, shotguns, ammunition and parts to a corporation defined in title 36, with a 10,000-pistol annual cap for some transfers, and allows recipients to sell them.
Sec. 3513: Eligibility of shore power projects under port infrastructure development program: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to treat shore power projects at ports serving both certain passenger vessels and freight vessels as meeting requirements and eligible for fiscal year 2026 port infrastructure development grants.
Sec. 382: Prohibition on Department of Defense ban of clean agent fire suppression products: Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from banning a clean agent fire suppression product because it contains a fluorine-carbon bond when there is no covered alternative product and use is legally required or the Secretary finds a failure risk.
Sec. 527: Recommendation with respect to the retired rank of General John D. Lavelle: Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the President and the Senate, by September 30, 2026, a recommendation on restoring the retired rank of one named officer to general.
Sec. 763: Report on use of oculometric brain health assessment systems for Department of Defense: Requires an assessment and report on use of oculometric biomarker monitoring technologies for Department of Defense mission sets, including a review of existing trials with the Air Force, Army, and NASA.
Sec. 870B: Requirements for prime contractors of certain telecommunications contracts: Requires that the prime contractor on certain telecommunications contracts for the Department of Defense have its principal office in the United States, for indefinite delivery contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold that are commercial products or services.
Sec. 880A: Assessment of industrial base for turbojet pyrotechnic devices: Requires a report by March 1, 2026 assessing the industrial base for turbojet pyrotechnic devices and lets the Secretary of Defense carry out activities, such as pilot programs and partnerships, to implement its recommendations.
Sec. 2873: Survey of certain counties for placement of facilities: Requires a Department of Defense survey of fifteen listed North Carolina counties to assess placing operational, training or other military facilities there.
Sec. 2875: Designation of Creech Air Force Base as a remote or isolated installation: Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate one named Air Force base as a remote or isolated installation.

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Sec. 701: Dental readiness: Establishes a dental benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve with no premium and no charge for covered dental care.

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Sec. 202: Funding for virtual engineering for Army readiness and sustainment: Increases the Army research, development, test and evaluation line for Virtual Engineering for Army Readiness and Sustainment by $7,000,000, offset by an equal reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Army. ($7,000,000)
Sec. 203: Funding for humanitarian airborne mobile infrastructure capability: Increases the Army research, development, test and evaluation line for Humanitarian Airborne Mobile Infrastructure Capability by $4,200,000, offset by an equal reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Army. ($4,200,000)
Sec. 204: Funding for fuel cell multi-modular use utilizing hydrogen: Increases the Army research, development, test and evaluation line for Fuel Cell Multi-Modular Use utilizing hydrogen by $10,000,000, offset by an equal reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Army. ($10,000,000)
Sec. 205: Funding for advanced group 1 small unmanned aerial systems for special operations forces: Increases Special Operations Command intelligence systems development funding by $3,000,000, to be made available for advanced Group 1 small unmanned aerial systems, offset by a $3,000,000 reduction to Army maneuver units. ($3,000,000)
Sec. 206: Funding for National Defense Education Program: Increases basic research funding for the National Defense Education Program by $5,000,000 for STEM education and workforce initiatives targeted at military students, offset by a $5,000,000 reduction to Washington Headquarters Services. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 207: Funding for the development, test, and integration of adaptable radar capabilities: Increases a Defense-wide research and development line for development, test and integration of adaptable radar capabilities by $6,000,000, offset by a reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Army. ($6,000,000)
Sec. 208: Funding for advanced drone development for special operations and low-intensity conflict: Increases the Defense-wide SO/LIC Advanced Development line for drone development by $7,500,000, offset by a reduction to Servicewide Transportation, Army. ($7,500,000)
Sec. 209: Funding for quantum communications corridor for Navy research, development, test, and evaluation: Increases a Navy research and development line by $50,000,000 for a quantum communications corridor linking certain Department of Defense installations, national laboratories, and universities, offset by a reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Army. ($50,000,000)
Sec. 210: Funding for smart susceptor technology: Increases the Manufacturing Technology Program line for Smart Susceptor Technology by $5,000,000, offset by a reduction to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 233: Pilot program on modernized health and usage monitoring systems to address obsolescence in Marine Corps rotary-wing and tiltrotor aircraft: Establishes a pilot program on health and usage monitoring systems for Marine Corps rotary-wing and tiltrotor aircraft and increases a Defense-wide Aviation Safety research line by $5,000,000, offset by a reduction to an Army procurement line. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 234: Pilot program on modernized health and usage monitoring systems to address obsolescence in army rotary-wing aircraft: Establishes a pilot program of up to one year on next-generation health and usage monitoring systems for Army rotary-wing aircraft, and increases one Defense-wide RDT&E funding line by $5,000,000, offset by a $5,000,000 reduction to an Army procurement line. ($5,000,000)
Sec. 375: Adjustment and diversification assistance for State and local governments affected by Army Transformation Initiative: Allows the Secretary of Defense to provide adjustment and diversification assistance, subject to appropriations, to State and local governments affected by Army Transformation Initiative actions at Red River Army Depot, Texas, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, and other installations the Secretary identifies.
Sec. 385: Funding for flight hours for expeditionary combat aviation brigades: Increases Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve, Aviation Assets Line 050 by $35,000,000 for flight hours for Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades and reduces Army-Servicewide Transportation, line 390 by $35,000,000. ($35,000,000)
Sec. 519: Assistance for certain youth and charitable organizations: Adds the Young Marines, the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary to the list of organizations eligible for Department of Defense assistance under section 508(d) of title 32.
Sec. 549H: Accreditation of National Guard Marksmanship Training Center: Directs the Secretary of the Army to accredit one named National Guard training center in Arkansas as a Training and Doctrine Command institution and to integrate its programs into the Army Program Objective Memorandum.
Sec. 721: Military-civilian medical surge program: Establishes a program of record called the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program and authorizes $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 to carry it out. ($20,000,000)
Sec. 1047: Authority to transfer T–37 aircraft to Arizona Aviation Historical Group: Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey five retired T-37B aircraft, without consideration, to a named organization in Phoenix, Arizona, by conditional deed of gift.
Sec. 1048: Authorization of Eastern Regional Range Complex for multi-domain operations and robotic autonomous systems training, testing, and experimentation: Authorizes designating an Eastern Regional Range Complex covering a listed set of States and permits military construction and infrastructure improvements there; no dollar amount is given.
Sec. 1074: Reauthorization of the Servicewomen’s Commemorative Partnership: Reauthorizes the Servicewomen's Commemorative Partnership by changing the fiscal year from 2021 to 2026 and changing an amount from $3,000,000 to $1,000,000.
Sec. 1078: Budgeting and funding requirements for Northern Strike Exercise: Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure sufficient budget and funding for the Northern Strike Exercise and to include a dedicated budget line item for it from fiscal year 2027 onward.
Sec. 1088: Construction of 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct a visitor education center near the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial and to make grants or cooperative agreements with a designated non-government or non-profit organization to build it. No dollar amount is stated.
Sec. 1090: Virtual reality technology pilot program: Sets up an Air Force virtual reality pilot program and raises one Air Force operation and maintenance line by $9,000,000, offset by an equal cut to an Army operation and maintenance line. ($9,000,000)
Sec. 1302: Extension and modification of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: Amends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to authorize $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027, requires a presidential determination before obligation, and extends the authority to December 31, 2028. ($300,000,000)
Sec. 1411: Extension of authorities for funding and management of joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois: Extends the joint Department of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs demonstration fund to September 30, 2027 and allows transfer of $162,500,000 of Defense Health Program funds for operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. ($162,500,000)
Sec. 1414: Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home: Authorizes $77,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. ($77,000,000)
Sec. 1644: Funding for sea-based launch for missile defense targets: Increases the fiscal year 2026 research and development authorization for one funding table line, Ballistic Missile Defense Targets, by $10,000,000 for sea-based launch for missile defense targets, and reduces an Army operation and maintenance line by $10,000,000. ($10,000,000)
Sec. 2107: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project at Smith Barracks, Germany: Lets the Secretary of the Army build a barracks at Smith Barracks, Germany under a fiscal year 2025 authorization that was written for Hohenfels Training Area.
Sec. 2309: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming: Modifies a fiscal year 2025 authorization for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Utility Corridor at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, so the Secretary may construct 3,219 kilometers of telephone duct facility.
Sec. 2402: Authorized energy resilience and conservation investment program projects: Authorizes energy conservation projects at named installations inside and outside the United States in the amounts listed in two tables.
Sec. 2404: Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Iwakuni, Japan: Extends the authority for the fiscal year 2019 fuel pier project at Iwakuni, Japan, until October 1, 2026 or enactment of the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization, whichever is later. ($33,200,000)
Sec. 2405: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects: Extends the fiscal year 2022 authority for seven named projects at named installations until October 1, 2026 or enactment of the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization, whichever is later.
Sec. 2406: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects: Extends the fiscal year 2023 authority for ten named projects at named installations until October 1, 2026 or enactment of the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization, whichever is later.
Sec. 2407: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2024 project at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: Modifies the fiscal year 2024 project at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to let the Missile Defense Agency renovate additional square footage and convert administrative space to classified space.
Sec. 2408: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2024 project at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Missouri: Modifies the fiscal year 2024 microgrid project at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Missouri, to include propane tanks and equipment and sets its authorization amount at $86,500,000. ($86,500,000)
Sec. 2409: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland: Modifies the fiscal year 2025 microgrid project at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to allow construction of a new power generation and microgrid facility.
Sec. 2410: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2025 project at Joint Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey: Modifies the fiscal year 2025 microgrid project at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to allow construction of a new power generation and microgrid facility.
Sec. 2501: Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects; authorization of appropriations: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make U.S. contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program, with amounts set in the funding table in section 4601.
Sec. 2511: Republic of Korea funded construction projects: Allows the Secretary of Defense to accept Republic of Korea-funded construction projects at named installations in the amounts in the table.
Sec. 2512: Republic of Poland funded construction projects: Allows the Secretary of Defense to accept Republic of Poland-funded construction projects at named installations in the amounts in the table.
Sec. 2601: Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition projects: Authorizes Army National Guard construction projects at named locations in five listed states or territories in the amounts in the table.
Sec. 2602: Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects: Authorizes Army Reserve construction projects at Fort Knox, Kentucky and New Castle, Pennsylvania in the amounts in the table.
Sec. 2603: Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and land acquisition projects: Authorizes a Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction project at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Texas in the amount in the table. ($106,870,000)
Sec. 2604: Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition projects: Authorizes Air National Guard construction projects at six named locations in the amounts in the table.
Sec. 2605: Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition projects: Authorizes an Air Force Reserve construction project at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas in the amount in the table. ($18,000,000)
Sec. 2607: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects: Extends the fiscal year 2023 authority for eleven named National Guard and Reserve projects at named locations until October 1, 2026 or enactment of the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization, whichever is later.
Sec. 2608: Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2023 project at Tucson International Airport, Arizona: Modifies the fiscal year 2023 project at Tucson International Airport, Arizona, to allow the Air Force to acquire a parcel of about 10 acres described by section, township and range.
Sec. 2609: Authority to carry out fiscal year 2026 project at Army Reserve Center Conroe, Texas: Authorizes a rotary-wing landing pad and taxiway project at Army Reserve Center, Conroe, Texas, not to exceed $12,000,000, using unobligated prior-year Army Reserve funds. ($12,000,000)
Sec. 4301: Operation and maintenance: Operation and maintenance funding table that includes added line items for named organizations and programs, such as the Center for the Study of the U.S. National Guard [5,000], Sea Cadets [4,300], National Guard Youth Challenge [211,000] and STARBASE [50,000].
Sec. 4501: Other authorizations: Other authorizations table with added line items for named Defense Health Program efforts, such as Advanced Vital Intervention Airborne Training for Emergencies [10,000] and Freeze-Dried Platelet Hemostatics [10,000].
Sec. 4601: Military construction: Military construction table that authorizes named projects at named installations, listed by state and country, including lines where the request column shows 0 and the authorized column shows a figure, such as 115,000 for an access control point at Anniston Army Depot.
Sec. 381: Limitation on use of funds for Army initial entry rotary wing training: Bars obligation or expenditure of fiscal year 2026 Army funds for the Next Generation Initial Entry Rotary Wing training program (Flight School Next) at Fort Novosel, Alabama until a business case analysis and briefing are provided.
Sec. 1075: Federal agency support for Afghanistan War Commission: Allows the Secretary of Defense to provide the Afghanistan War Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, administrative services, funds, staff, and facilities, and allows other agencies to provide support.
Sec. 1652: Limitation on authority to reduce sustainment for or halt operation of the AN/FPS–108 COBRA DANE radar: Bars the Secretary of Defense from reducing sustainment for or halting operation of one named radar at a named location until a certification about its replacement capability is submitted.
Sec. 2104: Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Fort Gillem, Georgia: Keeps the authorization for one named fiscal year 2021 Army project, a forensic laboratory at Fort Gillem, Georgia, in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later. ($71,000,000)
Sec. 2105: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects: Keeps the authorizations for four named fiscal year 2022 Army projects in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2106: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects: Keeps the authorizations for named fiscal year 2023 Army projects listed in the table in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2204: Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina: Keeps the authorization for one named fiscal year 2022 Navy project, a flightline utilities modernization at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later. ($113,520,000)
Sec. 2205: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects: Keeps the authorizations for named fiscal year 2022 Navy projects listed in the table in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2206: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects: Keeps the authorizations for named Navy projects listed in the table in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2304: Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2017 project at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany: Keeps the authorization for one named fiscal year 2017 Air Force project at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later. ($12,000,000)
Sec. 2305: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 projects: Keeps the authorizations for two named fiscal year 2019 Air Force projects at Royal Air Force Fairford in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2306: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2020 projects: Keeps the authorizations for two named fiscal year 2020 Air Force projects in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2307: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 projects: Keeps the authorizations for named fiscal year 2022 Air Force projects listed in the table in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 2308: Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects: Keeps the authorizations for named fiscal year 2023 Air Force projects listed in the table in effect until October 1, 2026 or the fiscal year 2027 military construction authorization Act, whichever is later.
Sec. 3125: Plan to modernize nuclear security enterprise: Requires a plan to modernize material staging in the nuclear security enterprise, to be carried out alongside continued construction of a named high explosives facility.
Sec. 3501: Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration: Authorizes fiscal year 2026 amounts for Maritime Administration programs, including $201,500,000 for the United States Merchant Marine Academy, of which $50,000,000 is for a design-build plan for campus facilities. ($201,500,000)
Sec. 3534: Design and construction of missile instrumentation range safety vessels: Directs completion of design of missile instrumentation range safety vessels and an agreement for construction of up to two such vessels, notwithstanding section 8679 of title 10, subject to appropriations, and lets the Missile Defense Agency transfer research funds for it.

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Sec. 572: Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas: Starting January 1, 2027, sets up a pilot program that raises the maximum monthly child care financial assistance by 30 percent for children two years old or younger, with the increase required in areas the Secretary determines have high child care costs.
Sec. 723: Payment adjustments for outpatient services for certain children's hospitals: Requires an added annual payment to a children's hospital for outpatient services equal to 30 percent of its outpatient prospective payments, if the hospital meets one of three listed criteria.
Sec. 1103: Pay for crews of vessels: Caps pay for crews of vessels at the Vice President's pay rate and exempts those employees from the general pay limitation in section 5307 of title 5.
Sec. 1104: Exception to limitation on rate of basic pay for crews of vessels: Exempts the Secretary of Defense's and military departments' authority to set basic pay for officers and crews of vessels from the general pay limit, and caps that pay at the Vice President's salary.
Sec. 1115: Payment of retention bonuses to DOD civilian employees in Guam: Lets the Secretary of Defense or a military department Secretary waive the standard limit and pay retention bonuses of up to 50 percent of basic pay to Department of Defense civilian employees in Guam.
Sec. 1116: DOD prevailing rate employee pay increase: Sets a pay increase for Department of Defense prevailing rate employees equal to the percentage allowed under a cross-referenced appropriations provision, starting the first pay period after enactment.
Sec. 1213: Extension and modification of United States-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned systems in all warfighting domains: Extends and widens a U.S.-Israel counter-unmanned-systems program, and raises an amount in the program's funding provision from $55,000,000 to $70,000,000.
Sec. 1313: Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative: Sets a cap of not more than $1,000,000,000 of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative purposes. ($1,000,000,000)
Sec. 2853: Modification of authority for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor military construction projects: Raises the limit for Indo-Pacific posture unspecified minor military construction projects from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
Sec. 3111: Plutonium pit production capacity: Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure Los Alamos National Laboratory can reliably produce at least 30 war reserve plutonium pits annually and the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility at least 50 annually.
Sec. 722: Reimbursement for travel expenses relating to specialty care for certain members of the Armed Forces and dependents: Sets a 50-mile distance threshold instead of 100 miles for travel reimbursement for specialty care for active duty members and their dependents.

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Sec. 313: Modification of requirements relating to replacement of fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam: Moves the firefighting foam limitation and prohibition dates to October 1, 2026, and replaces the exemptions with a list of uses that are not covered, including onboard oceangoing vessels, naval nuclear submarine propulsion plants, and certain tactical vehicles.
Sec. 323: Revising the prohibition on contracts for performance of firefighting or security-guard functions: Extends the contracting prohibition to security-guard functions, exempts installation access control guard contracts at installations with fewer than 300 permanently assigned enlisted members, and makes the section inapplicable during war or a declared national emergency.
Sec. 342: Limitation on use of funds to reduce the number of civilian personnel employed at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Red River Army Depot, Texas: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds to reduce civilian personnel at four named Army sites until the Secretary of the Army makes certain certifications and submits a report.
Sec. 379: Regulations applicable to wearing optional combat boots: Requires regulations barring service members from wearing optional combat boots in a required uniform unless made entirely in the United States, with an exception for members in a combat arms occupational specialty who are deployed.
Sec. 383: Inapplicability of recommendations, procedures, and plans of commission relating to assigning, modifying, or removing of names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia to assets of the Department of Defense that commemorate the Confederate States of America to civil works projects of Department of Defense: Provides that recommendations, procedures, or plans of the commission on naming and removing names, symbols, and displays that commemorate the Confederate States of America do not apply to Department of Defense civil works projects.
Sec. 415: Excluding members of the National Guard performing certain duty from counting for active-duty end strengths: Excludes National Guard members on active duty or full-time duty supporting military intelligence operations under section 12301(d) from counting toward active-duty end strengths.
Sec. 509: Modification to grade and allowances available to Attending Physician to the Congress: Sets the grade of the Attending Physician to the Congress at colonel (captain in the Navy) and excludes that officer from a specific allowance provision of title 37.
Sec. 573: Pilot program to increase payments for child care services in high-cost areas: Authorizes a five-year pilot program of grants to child care providers to expand infant and toddler capacity, with at least 10 grants going to providers in areas the Secretary determines have high child care costs.
Sec. 860C: Applicability of Berry Amendment exceptions to certain seafood purchases: Provides that the exceptions to the Berry Amendment in subsections (c) through (h) do not apply to procurement of fish, shellfish, or seafood products.
Sec. 869: Prohibition on the purchase of photovoltaic modules from foreign entities of concern: Applies the photovoltaic module and cell acquisition prohibition only to direct Department of Defense acquisitions, excluding contracts involving third party financing, energy savings contracts, and privatized military housing agreements.
Sec. 1053: Use of nonelectric vehicles by employees at Yuma Proving Ground: Allows Department of Defense employees at one named proving ground to use nonelectric vehicles in the performance of their duties.
Sec. 1070E: Utilization of office space by the Department of Defense: Requires annual office-space utilization reports to the General Services Administration and procedures to return space below a 60 percent utilization rate, but excludes office space used by an element of the intelligence community.
Sec. 1109: Exemption from civilian hiring freeze for delayed DOD appointments due to active duty: Exempts a subset of individuals (those with a final Department of Defense job offer before January 20, 2025 who did not start solely because of active service) from the hiring freeze in the January 20, 2025 Presidential Memorandum.
Sec. 1602: Advance payments for commercial satellite communication services: Creates a special rule for advance payments for commercial satellite communication services, allowing a written creditworthiness determination in place of the usual security requirement and substituting "100 percent" for "15 percent" in the advance payment limit.
Sec. 1722: Transfer or possession of defense items for national defense purposes: Adds an exception to the title 18 transfer and possession restriction in section 922(o)(2), and to an importation requirement, for licensed manufacturers and licensed importers for joint production, testing, export, or training purposes.
Sec. 2809: Authorize cost-plus incentive fee contracting for SIOP infrastructure: Notwithstanding section 3323 of title 10, lets the Secretary of Defense authorize cost-plus incentive-fee contracts for Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program construction at four listed shipyards.
Sec. 2812: Use of imitative substitute building materials for preservation of certain units of military housing under jurisdiction of the Department of Defense: Lets the Secretary concerned use imitative substitute building materials on certain military housing units and defer historic preservation requirements until the unit is 100 years old, notwithstanding review requirements.
Sec. 2843: Land conveyance, Sigsbee Park Annex, Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida: Authorizes sale or lease of about 19 acres at Naval Air Station Key West Sigsbee Park area and exempts the conveyance from sections 2696 of title 10 and 11411 of title 42.
Sec. 2863: Expansion of exceptions to restriction on development of public infrastructure in connection with realignment of marine corps forces in Asia Pacific region: Adds operations and maintenance for the curation of archeological and cultural artifacts to the exceptions to an existing restriction on public infrastructure development tied to the realignment of Marine Corps forces in the Asia Pacific region.
Sec. 3124: Notification requirement with respect to nuclear power in Guam: Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress and the Governor of Guam 180 days before placing a nuclear reactor in Guam, except for reactors aboard naval vessels.
Sec. 3533: Treatment of the University of Louisiana Maritime Academy as a State maritime academy: For two years, directs the Secretary of Transportation to treat the University of Louisiana State Maritime Academy as a State maritime academy despite the requirements of section 51506 of title 46, until it is fully recognized as one.
Sec. 373: Inclusion of territories in certain intergovernmental support agreements for installation-support services: Adds the State of Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau to the list of places covered by certain intergovernmental support agreements for installation-support services.
Sec. 374: Transportation of domestic animals by foreign air carrier: Sets aside the requirement to use U.S. air carriers so the Secretary of Defense may pay a foreign air carrier to transport Department personnel with up to 3 dogs or cats when no U.S. carrier is willing and able.
Sec. 524: Requirement of equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and exclusive use of merit in military personnel actions: Requires military personnel actions to rest on individual merit and bars consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin, with an exception for tasking specific unconventional missions in foreign countries, subject to combatant commander approval and reporting.
Sec. 529: Report on adequacy of reimbursement for costs of permanent change of station: Requires a report and surveys on the adequacy of permanent change of station reimbursements, and directs that the surveys be carried out notwithstanding the federal information collection requirements in subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44.
Sec. 576: Prohibition on availability of funds for termination of DODEA and child care workers: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds to terminate employees of Military Child Development Programs or the Department of Defense Education Activity, unless the employee was documented as not performing or engaging in misconduct.
Sec. 614: Extending certain travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to Alaska: Extends a travel allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to Alaska through December 31, 2026, by adding a new period to an earlier law.
Sec. 3532: Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by United States Government: Creates an exception under which cargoes procured or financed by the Department of Transportation must be shipped 100 percent on privately owned U.S. commercial vessels, to the extent available at fair and reasonable rates.
Sec. 143: Modification to minimum inventory requirement for A–10 aircraft: Bars retirement of A-10 aircraft and a total inventory below 162 through September 30, 2026, but exempts individual A-10 aircraft the Secretary of the Air Force finds no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair.
Sec. 501: Treatment of Space Force officers for purposes of laws relating to authorized number and distribution of officers in general officer grades: Exempts certain Space Force general officers serving in space force active status not on sustained duty from the general officer grade limits of section 525 of title 10, and sets their own authorized strength of five.
Sec. 552: Modifications to offense of wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images under the Uniform Code of Military Justice: Rewrites the military justice offense for wrongful distribution of intimate visual images and excludes listed activities and disclosures from it, such as lawful law enforcement or intelligence activity and good-faith disclosures to law enforcement.
Sec. 705: Pilot program on access to obstetrical and gynecological care under TRICARE Prime program: Sets a five-year pilot program in which the TRICARE Prime referral requirement does not apply to obstetrical and gynecological care for female members and dependents who elect to take part.
Sec. 713: Prohibition on coverage of gender-related medical treatment under TRICARE: Bars TRICARE coverage of defined gender-related medical treatment, with exceptions for treating a disorder of sex development, irresolvably ambiguous biological sex characteristics, or an injury or disorder caused or worsened by such treatment.
Sec. 728: Prohibition on painful research on domestic cats and dogs: Bars the Secretary of Defense from conducting or supporting painful research on domestic cats and dogs, but exempts exams, training programs, or studies relating to service animals or military animals, and allows case-by-case national security waivers.
Sec. 815: Acquisition thresholds for certain materials: Sets small-purchase exceptions to the domestic sourcing rules for strategic materials, sensitive materials from non-allied nations, and printed circuit boards: $250,000 for the first two and $10,000 for printed circuit boards, with a bar on splitting purchases.
Sec. 864: Prohibition on acquisition of advanced batteries from certain foreign sources: Limits Department of Defense acquisition of advanced batteries by foreign-source material content starting January 1, 2027, with exceptions for military department waivers, batteries for office personal electronics, and programs whose testing begins before that date.
Sec. 899A: Prohibition on procurement of covered unmanned ground vehicle systems from covered foreign entities: Bars executive agencies from procuring covered unmanned ground vehicle systems made by covered foreign entities, but exempts the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and State and the Attorney General for listed purposes.
Sec. 899B: Prohibition on operation of covered unmanned ground vehicle systems from covered foreign entities: Bars federal operation of covered unmanned ground vehicle systems made by covered foreign entities starting one year after enactment, but exempts the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and State and the Attorney General for listed purposes.
Sec. 899C: Prohibition on use of Federal funds for procurement and operation of covered unmanned ground vehicle systems manufactured by certain foreign entities: Bars use of federal funds to procure or operate covered unmanned ground vehicle systems made by covered foreign entities starting one year after enactment, but exempts the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and State and the Attorney General for listed purposes.
Sec. 1623: Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States: Bars fiscal year 2026 funds from being used to lower the alert level or reduce deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles below 400, with exceptions for maintenance, safety, security, reliability, and the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel.
Sec. 1823: Alternative capability-based pricing: Lets agency heads use alternative capability-based analysis to judge whether a commercial solution's price is fair and reasonable, but excludes commercial solutions acquired under a subcontract.
Sec. 1833: Requirements for modular open system approach and modifications to rights in technical data: Rewrites the modular open system approach requirement and technical data rights, with exceptions to the general rights rule for form, fit, function data, emergency repair and overhaul, and disclosure to foreign governments.
Sec. 2815: Continuation of certain reporting requirements with respect to privatized military housing: Provides that the general sunset provision for congressional reports does not apply to the privatized military housing reports required under subsections (b) and (c) of section 2884 of title 10.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (5)

Sec. 238: Limitation on availability of funds for realignment of the research, development, test, and evaluation function for Army ammunition: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds to realign the research, development, test, and evaluation function for Army ammunition until 180 days after a report is submitted to the congressional defense committees.
Sec. 653: Single-use shopping bags in commissary stores: Bars the Defense Commissary Agency from prohibiting single-use shopping bags in commissary stores or charging a fee for them.
Sec. 1110: Limitation on use of funds to limit collective bargaining: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds to implement Executive Order 14251 on exclusions from federal labor-management relations programs, or any following policy or guidance.
Sec. 2865: Limitation on the use of funds for implementing certain energy efficiency building codes: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense funds to implement a specific energy efficiency provision of federal law, and rules issued under it, on defense property unless the Secretary of Defense makes a stated determination.
Sec. 3123: Limitation relating to reclassification of high-level waste: Bars fiscal year 2026 Department of Energy funds from being used to apply a published interpretation of high-level radioactive waste to waste located in the State of Washington, unless the Secretary of Energy waives it after notice and concurrence documentation.

Changes a government process (8)

Sec. 534: Selective Service System: automatic registration: Replaces the Selective Service registration requirement with automatic registration by the Director of the Selective Service System, effective one year after enactment, and excludes certain nonimmigrant aliens.
Sec. 818: Government Accountability Office bid protest process enhancement: Directs revision of defense acquisition regulations so contracting officers can file claims against incumbent contractors whose bid protests are dismissed, limited to disgorgement of profits and fees, and changes the national defense finding standard for continued performance during protests.
Sec. 1042: Expedited access to certain military installations of the Department of Defense for Members of Congress and certain Congressional employees: Directs the Secretary to set installation-access procedures under which Members of Congress presenting a congressional ID, and accompanying Congressional employees, are admitted without scheduling ahead of arrival.
Sec. 1111: Personnel actions against DOD SES career appointees: Lets the head of any Department of Defense element reprimand, suspend, reassign, demote or remove career Senior Executive Service appointees, with a 15-business-day cap on notice, response and decision and an appeal path to the Merit Systems Protection Board, until September 30, 2030.
Sec. 1122: Amendments to title 5, United States Code: Changes Department of Defense civilian hiring procedures: allows skills-based qualification procedures and flexible outreach, removes minimum time-in-grade requirements for promotions, and allows shared talent pools within the Department.
Sec. 1514: Federal contractor vulnerability disclosure policy: Directs OMB and the FAR Council to update Federal Acquisition Regulation contract requirements so covered contractors have vulnerability disclosure policies, and directs the Secretary of Defense to revise the DFARS similarly.
Sec. 3512: Clarification of certain authorities relating to deepwater ports: Makes the Department of Transportation the federal lead agency under NEPA for all deepwater port applications, gives the Secretary rulemaking authority under the Deepwater Port Act, and moves certain Coast Guard authorities to the Secretary of Transportation; it does not apply to applications submitted before enactment.
Sec. 546: Modification to the designation of Members of the House of Representatives to the Boards of Visitors of Service Academies: Changes the number of other House Members designated to the Boards of Visitors of the Military, Naval and Air Force Academies from one to two.

Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (2)

Sec. 861: Requirements relating to long-term concessions agreements with certain retailers: Bars the Secretary of Defense from renewing or entering concessions agreements with retailers controlled by a covered nation on military installations, and requires review and termination of existing agreements with covered retailers, defined as those performing an agreement on or before enactment.
Sec. 868: Modifications to certain procurements from certain Chinese entities: Requires the Secretary of Defense to update the Chinese military companies list to include biotechnology entities engaged in DNA and RNA assembly, synthesis, and manufacturing, and adds a named battery company to an existing battery procurement prohibition.

What it does

Sec. 401: Authorizes active duty strengths as of September 30, 2026, of 454,000 for the Army, 344,600 for the Navy, 172,300 for the Marine Corps, 321,500 for the Air Force and 10,400 for the Space Force.
Sec. 122: Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract, beginning with fiscal year 2026, for the procurement of up to five Columbia class submarines.
Sec. 622: Amends title 37 so the family separation allowance is equal to $400, replacing the range of not less than $250 and not more than $400.
Sec. 534: Amends the Military Selective Service Act so that male citizens and male residents aged eighteen to twenty-six are registered automatically, effective one year after enactment.
Sec. 1302: Amends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to add $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, requires a Presidential written determination before funds are obligated, and extends the authority to December 31, 2028.
Sec. 1801: Rewrites the objectives of the defense acquisition system in title 10 and requires the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance carrying out those objectives.
Sec. 3111: Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure Los Alamos National Laboratory can reliably produce not less than 30 war reserve plutonium pits annually and the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility not less than 50 annually.
Sec. 3501: Authorizes $201,500,000 for fiscal year 2026 to support the United States Merchant Marine Academy, as part of the Maritime Administration authorizations.
Sec. 4001: Authorizes the obligation and expenditure of dollar amounts specified in the Division D funding tables, subject to the availability of appropriations, and requires merit-based or competitive procedures for decisions to fund a specific entity on the basis of those amounts.
Sec. 4101: Lists procurement lines for each military department and Defense-wide, with a total procurement figure of 153,227,950 (in thousands of dollars) in the House Authorized column against a FY 2026 request of 152,830,175.
Sec. 5102: Amends the Federal Reserve Act to bar a Federal reserve bank from offering financial products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account for an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency.
Sec. 6102: Amends section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, to set authorization amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, including $11,851,875,000 and $3,651,480,000 for fiscal year 2026 in two separate authorizations.

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