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S. 2296119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Nov 12, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
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This bill authorizes 2026 defense policy and spending levels but does not itself release any funding.
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This bill is the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, setting policy and spending limits for the U.S. military and related programs, including weapons, technology research, base maintenance, and personnel pay and support. It also makes policy changes on health care, housing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, foreign security cooperation, and social issues like diversity programs and academy admissions. Actual funding still requires separate appropriations bills.
It affects active-duty and reserve military members, their families, civilian Department of Defense employees, defense contractors, and veterans. It also affects taxpayers and U.S. allies like Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, and NATO members.
Because it is authorization rather than funding legislation, its provisions shape future budget decisions and policy without immediately releasing money. It sets the framework that later appropriations and defense agencies must follow.
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Right now: it passed the Senate, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Held at the desk.
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