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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
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Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action 2025-12-18 · Became Public Law No: 119-60. · showing text version Engrossed Amendment House of 2025-12-10T05:00:00Z
Sponsor
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
1 cosponsor
Recent actions
- 2025-12-18 — Signed by President.
- 2025-12-18 — Presented to President.
- 2025-12-18 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2025-12-18 — Became Public Law No: 119-60.
- 2025-12-17 — Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 1071 by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 20. Record Vote Number: 648.
- 2025-12-17 — Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 1071 by Yea-Nay Vote. 77 - 20. Record Vote Number: 648.
- 2025-12-17 — Motion by Senator Thune to concur in the House amendment to S. 1071 with an amendment (SA 3961) withdrawn in Senate.
- 2025-12-17 — Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
- 2025-12-16 — Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S8749)
- 2025-12-15 — Motion by Senator Thune to refer to Senate Committee on Armed Services the House message to accompany S. 1071 with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 3963) fell when cloture was invoked on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 1071 in Senate.
Subjects
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Air quality
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Albania
- Alliances
- Alternative treatments
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Appropriations
- Arctic and polar regions
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Asia
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Astronomy
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Australia
- Aviation and airports
- Behavioral sciences
- Biological and life sciences
- Blood and blood diseases
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- California
- Canada
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- China
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Coast guard
- Collective security
- Colorado
- Commuting
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional tributes
- Connecticut
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Cuba
- Cultural exchanges and relations
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Defense spending
- Delaware
- Dental care
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Director of National Intelligence
- Disability assistance
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Earth sciences
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental technology
- Espionage and treason
- Estonia
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Financial literacy
- Firearms and explosives
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Fishes
- Florida
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international corporations
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Foreign property
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Georgia
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Great Lakes
- Guam
- Haiti
- Hawaii
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Historical and cultural resources
- Homeland security
- Hong Kong
- House of Representatives
- Housing and community development funding
- Human trafficking
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Idaho
- Illinois
- India
- Indian claims
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Indiana
- Industrial facilities
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Infrastructure development
- Insects
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Intergovernmental relations
- International organizations and cooperation
- International scientific cooperation
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Iowa
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Judges
- Kentucky
- Kosovo
- Labor market
- Labor-management relations
- Latin America
- Latvia
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Lawyers and legal services
- Lebanon
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Licensing and registrations
- Lithuania
- Louisiana
- Macau
- Maine
- Manufacturing
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Marine pollution
- Marshall Islands
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Members of Congress
- Mental health
- Metals
- Mexico
- Michigan
- Middle East
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Military civil functions
- Military command and structure
- Military education and training
- Military facilities and property
- Military history
- Military law
- Military medicine
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Military readiness
- Mining
- Missing persons
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Missouri River
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Monuments and memorials
- Motor carriers
- Motor fuels
- Motor vehicles
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- National Guard and reserves
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Neurological disorders
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York State
- New Zealand
- Noise pollution
- North America
- North Carolina
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear weapons
- Nutrition and diet
- Oceania
- Ohio
- Oil and gas
- Oregon
- Organized crime
- Pennsylvania
- Performance measurement
- Pest management
- Philippines
- Photography and imaging
- Pipelines
- Political parties and affiliation
- Pornography
- Product development and innovation
- Protection of officials
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Puerto Rico
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Radiation
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Railroads
- Religion
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rhode Island
- Russia
- Sanctions
- School athletics
- Science and engineering education
- Scientific communication
- Seafood
- Selective Service System
- Serbia
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Solid waste and recycling
- South Asia
- South Carolina
- South Korea
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Space flight and exploration
- Spacecraft and satellites
- Special education
- State and local government operations
- Strategic materials and reserves
- Subversive activities
- Sudan
- Supply chain
- Supreme Court
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Tennessee
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- Transportation costs
- Transportation safety and security
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Utah
- Venezuela
- Vermont
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Vietnam
- Virginia
- Visas and passports
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
- Washington State
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Women's rights
- Worker safety and health
- World history
- Yemen
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