# 119-s-4784: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 119-s-4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784 - As of: 2026-10-31 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-4784 - Congress: 119 - Title: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 - Status: in_committee - Introduced: 2026-06-15 - Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS) - Cosponsors: 0 - Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-31 ## Summary **Authorizes broad FY2027 defense policy and funding** that would reshape major procurement, force structure, and tech rules while tightening research security and AI governance. The bill packs multiyear buys, shipbuilding and aircraft inventory floors, new offices for economic and cyber competition, and dozens of reporting and oversight requirements into a single package. ## Votes | Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-07-14T14:41:00.000Z | senate | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 4784 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 50 | 46 | ## Provisions PRIA read - Military pay and personnel funding: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize funds for military personnel costs for fiscal year 2027. This would permit pay, benefits, and other personnel expenses shown in the bill's funding table. The authorization would replace other 2027 authorizations for the same purpose. - Higher military pay and education benefits: benefit, high. If enacted, monthly basic pay for uniformed service members would rise by 3.6% effective January 1, 2027. The bill would raise hostile fire pay to $600 and imminent danger pay to $400 per month. It would raise the SROTC cadet/midshipman bonus maximum from $5,000 to $15,000 and raise the aviation bo… - Bigger Apex Accelerator awards: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would raise Apex Accelerator award caps. One cap would rise from $1.5 million to $2.0 million. Another cap would increase from $750,000 to $1.0 million. A third cap would rise from $1.5 million to $2.0 million. These higher caps could let eligible small businesses and accelerat… - Create regional combatant commands: benefit, high. If enacted, the President, with advice from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, would establish unified combatant commands for Africa, Central, Europe, Indo‑Pacific, Northern, and Southern regions. Each command would plan, coordinate, and direct military operations and security cooperation in its reg… - DoD AI risk and governance strategy: benefit, high. If enacted, DoD would make plans and governance for AI risks. The department would make a strategy in 180 days on AI‑driven vulnerability discovery and remediation, name a senior official on adversarial AI by March 1, 2027, build an adversarial‑AI governance structure by January 15, 2028, and creat… - Limits on reducing forces in Europe: benefit, high. If enacted, DoD funds for FY2027 could not be used to reduce U.S. forces in European Command below 76,000 for longer than 45 days. The bill would also bar divestiture of parcels or facilities under EUCOM jurisdiction as of June 1, 2025, block moving equipment worth over $500,000 positioned as of th… - Machine‑readable security guidance: benefit, high. If enacted, the DoD Chief Information Officer would issue policy by October 1, 2027 requiring Risk Management Framework documents be machine‑readable and list required documentation. Service CIOs must publish implementing guidance by December 1, 2027. DoD must modernize its enterprise RMF platform… - More nuclear reporting and checks: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would send Congress a yearly nuclear stockpile report by March 1 that counts active and inactive warheads and planned force levels. After December 31, 2025, any presidential plan to cut forces below the 2025 baseline would need a USSTRATCOM net assessment and su… - More Ukraine security assistance: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would increase the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative authorized funding for a specified subsection to $750 million, extend the authority through December 31, 2030, and allow DoD (with State concurrence) to accept and use foreign government contributions starting in FY2027.… - Multiyear contracts for jets and vehicles: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary could enter multiyear contracts and use advance procurement for F‑35 (A/B/C variants), F‑15EX, and Infantry Squad Vehicles beginning in stated years. The F‑15EX authority requires a certification that the contractor can reach at least 268 jets by 2035. The Secretary must r… - New nuclear weapons program authority: benefit, high. If enacted, the Department of Energy (through NNSA) could establish up to two new nuclear weapon research, development, and production programs (one surface‑launched and one air‑launched), and the Department of Defense could direct up to two delivery‑system programs. The actions would be subject to… - Protect MQ‑9 drone fleet size: benefit, high. If enacted, the Air Force would be barred from cutting the MQ‑9 primary mission aircraft inventory below the baseline set at enactment until September 30, 2031, except for combat loss, attrition, or unplanned damage. The bill would also require at least 180 MQ‑9s on and after October 1, 2028 and re… - Rules for robotic and autonomous testing: benefit, high. If RASCOM is set up, its Commander would be the main operational test authority for robotic and autonomous systems and could procure limited test/prototype equipment. One contract under that authority could not exceed $20,000,000. If enacted, DoD would also require testing, verification, and human‑… - Plan to remove risky grid equipment: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would submit a plan within 180 days to identify, prioritize, and remediate foreign‑adversary‑controlled equipment and covered computational facilities in the U.S. electric grid. The plan must assess risks to military installations, DoD mission continuity, and bu… - Bigger authorizations for defense programs: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would raise FY2027 authorizations for several defense programs and accounts. Examples include a $9 million net increase in the NNSA total, increases to Weapons Activities authorizations, a $42 million restoration for High Explosives & Energetics projects, higher special‑operati… - Energy resilience projects at bases: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize specific Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects at named military installations. Examples include $90 million for Redstone Arsenal and $132.69 million for Naval Base Kitsap. The projects would use funds listed in the bill's funding table… - Large military construction authorizations: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize large military construction projects for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Defense agencies, and BRAC activities for fiscal years after September 30, 2026. The bill lists many projects and dollar amounts, for example $918 million for Joint Base San Antonio, $2.05 billi… - Defense procurement transparency and audits: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize FY2027 procurement and RDT&E funding as shown in the bill tables and require DoD budget materials to include a centralized multiyear procurement summary with costs, years covered, production amounts, and savings rationale. The bill would set exact opening audit… - DoD audit fixes and funding: benefit, high. If enacted, DoD reporting requirements would pause once the Department receives an unmodified consolidated financial statement audit opinion and would restart if an adverse or disclaimer opinion later occurs. If DoD does not obtain an unmodified audit opinion for FY2028 by December 31, 2028, new no… - New lab facility investment program: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a Department of Defense Laboratory Facility Investment Program to fund construction and modernization of covered defense labs that support research. The bill would authorize $250 million per year, with amounts available for obligation for three fiscal years. Eligib… - Afghan ally records classification: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD would have to set up a process within 180 days for people to apply to be classified as an "Afghan ally" for DoD records preservation. Applicants must have been Afghan citizens or habitual residents who served at least one year between Dec 22, 2001 and Sept 1, 2021 in specified Afgha… - Better exposure records and veteran protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Defense would bring the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) to full operation within two years and give password‑protected access to members, veterans, designated family, and survivors. Individuals could request corrections and get real‑time exposure alerts,… - Easier licensure and recertification for care: benefit, medium. If enacted, TRICARE would treat certain counseling master's degrees from listed institutions as equivalent to CACREP for reimbursement. The bill would also expand license portability to cover certain Title 32 medical care for uniformed members and add several foreign countries to the Defense licens… - Health records, exposures, and claims: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to prototype a way for separating members to download and port their medical records within 180 days and run a pilot of at least 180 days. It would also require screening and documentation for members who served at certain covered locations and sending exposur… - Higher Defense Health funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would raise several Defense Health Program line items for FY2027 as shown in the committee tables. Examples include a $1.0 billion increase for in‑house care (military treatment facility operations) and $280 million for consolidated health support. These bracketed increases are… - Military infectious disease and readiness: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to stand up longer-range safe aeromedical transport for high-consequence infectious diseases by September 30, 2027. It would also require a joint disease and non-battle injury surveillance system with staged operating milestones (initial capability within 18 m… - More DoD health screenings and reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD firefighters would get free cancer tests during annual health checks, with mammogram, colon, and prostate screening rules by age and risk. If enacted, Defense Health Agency must send an annual report on unfunded priorities within 10 days after the President's budget, for five years.… - More TRICARE coverage for children: benefit, medium. If enacted, children on TRICARE Select family coverage of a retired member would qualify for the military hearing‑aid benefit. The bill would also add cranial orthotic devices (molding helmets) for deformational plagiocephaly to TRICARE reconstructive treatment coverage. Dependents could be treated… - Service member wellness and care supports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require a DoD policy on 'imminent risk of suicide' with training and privacy protections within 180 days. It would require wellness checks when a member is off duty for 24 hours or more for medical reasons, and briefings and plans to address Air Force primary care staffin… - Shared care pilot for veterans: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD and VA would run a pilot to let veterans and transitioning members use each other's facilities and staff. The pilot must use 5 to 10 sites within 180 days and start within a year. Participation by veterans would be voluntary. The pilot would test shared scheduling, credentialing, re… - Warfighter health and readiness programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would create a Warfighter Performance Optimization Initiative across the Department using Total Force Fitness. The law would also require frequent implementation and effectiveness reports every 90 days for three years. The Comptroller General would review recent… - Military housing and base services: benefit, medium. If enacted, each DoD housing office would certify to Congress at least yearly that covered housing meets health and safety standards. DoD would post public annual reports beginning within one year that include mold complaints by installation, inspection results, remediation timelines, costs, and re… - Military housing upgrades and tenant protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize Air Force and Army family housing construction, improvement, and planning funds for fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2026. It names example projects and allows up to $329,064,000 for Air Force housing improvements and up to $194,006,000 for Army housing im… - Stronger housing rules for military families: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would fund and require wide housing reforms for military families. The Navy could use up to $511.8 million to improve family housing and $57.4 million for design work. The Air Force could restructure housing projects at four bases with listed amounts. The Secretary would issue… - Stronger tenant complaint protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, the privatized military housing complaint database would have to show the landlord's name, parent companies, and entities with ownership. Complaint entries would be broken down by complaint type and could not be altered or suppressed. Leases and move‑in materials would have to include s… - Child care and family supports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Defense Department to standardize child care data and reporting, including detailed waitlist and staffing information, with briefings starting within 90 days and annually beginning December 31, 2027. The Secretary must update pay rules for child and youth prog… - Improve transition and records processing: benefit, medium. If enacted, each military department would have remote in‑processing and out‑processing capabilities allowing electronic forms, digital signatures, and timely access to related records and would reduce the hours needed for PCS, separation, or retirement processing. The Under Secretary would name a… - More education aid for service members: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Defense Secretary set tuition assistance up to $350 per semester hour and allow institution fees to be paid. It would add "operational technology" to the Cyber Scholarship Program and require Service Academies to accept scores from at least three college‑readiness… - More job help for military spouses: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD job postings to consider and disclose telework and remote work eligibility by June 1, 2027 and brief Congress annually. It would create a Military Spouse Fellowship Program by April 1, 2028 that pays fellows at General Schedule (GS) rates and must fund at leas… - More school support for military children: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require each DoDEA school district to have at least one educational technologist and require eligible DoDEA secondary schools to establish JROTC units by October 1, 2027 unless waived for low enrollment. It would make FY2027 funds available: $50,000,000 for one Impact Aid… - New small reimbursements for members: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create several small payment programs for service members. It would pilot a 30% subsidy for one pair of combat boots purchased at three Army exchange locations through December 31, 2029. It would authorize DoD to help pay state driver's license fees while you serve. It wo… - No hiring freezes at shipyards: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar the Department of Defense from using FY2027 funds to impose hiring freezes, reductions in force, or unjustified delays in filling vacant federal civilian jobs at public shipyards and certain working-capital entities. The rule is meant to protect shipyard employees and… - AFRICOM report on threats in Africa: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Commander of United States Africa Command to report to Congress within 120 days on threats to U.S. interests from terrorist groups, armed actors, and other forces in Africa. The report must name priority regions, summarize actions taken, and recommend addition… - Assessment of alternative warfighting needs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require two DoD analytic offices to brief Congress within 270 days on force requirements for alternative warfighting scenarios. The briefing must cover readiness, shortfalls in people and equipment, logistics, medical support, munitions and industrial capacity, and option… - Assistance to vetted Lebanese forces: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD could provide up to $36 million in training, equipment, sustainment, and related assistance to vetted Lebanese Armed Forces units to help prevent attacks on U.S. interests and support disarmament of Hezbollah. No more than 5% of a named Counter‑ISIS fund may be used until the Secret… - Contractor China operations reporting: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require any company that wins a major defense acquisition contract to report detailed information about its China-related business. Reports must show China sales and profits, assets and liabilities in China, investments or loans involving Chinese entities, supplier counts… - DoD aviation safety implementation: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to act on National Transportation Safety Board aviation safety recommendations and report to Congress. Within one year the Secretary must certify what was implemented and give mitigation plans. Quarterly status reports begin March 1, 2027… - DoD border transparency and UAS plans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would make the Department of Defense name and track support it gives at the southwest land border and show that as a separate budget line. DoD would also make a plan within 180 days to help build a shared border operating picture and share it with partners. USNORTHCOM would rev… - DoD energy resilience and upgrades: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to report within 120 days on energy sources, supply chains, and on‑site storage for installations and forces. It would also require projects that replace major electrical equipment serving mission‑critical operations to include energy management systems that c… - Expand and extend security cooperation programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would extend many security cooperation authorities to 2029 and the Indo‑Pacific Maritime Initiative to 2031. It would rename the Taiwan initiative to reference the "first island chain," add the Philippines as an eligible partner, and set a $1.5 billion FY2027 limit for that ini… - Extend counter‑cartel task force support: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to continue supporting the Joint Interagency Task Force‑Counter Cartel through December 31, 2030. DoD would provide personnel, logistics, intelligence, planning, funding, and other support and must consult other agencies. The Secretary mus… - Guam missile facility must show backups: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Guam Missile Defense System Command and Control Facility could not be declared operational until the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment certifies there is a continuity plan with backup facilities. Within 45 days of that certification, DoD leaders must brief congressiona… - Intelligence sharing and ROE reporting: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require annual public reporting on rules of engagement and legal certifications, and require DoD to demonstrate direct dissemination of operational electronic intelligence to command and engagement systems within 120 days. The bill would also require DoD to provide intell… - Limits on reducing U.S. forces in Korea: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar reducing U.S. forces in South Korea below 28,500 or completing the wartime control transfer to Korea until the Secretary of Defense submits a certification and assessment to Congress and 60 days pass. The Secretary must consult other senior commanders and send quarter… - Minimum Air Force fighter fleet: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Air Force to keep at least 1,800 total fighter aircraft from October 1, 2026 through October 1, 2035. It would also require at least 1,369 combat-coded fighters by December 31, 2030. The law adds definitions for inventory categories and is effective October 1,… - More cleanup money and public help: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize about $6.99 billion for Defense Environmental Cleanup for FY2027 and restore $5 million for a Payment‑in‑Lieu‑of‑Taxes entry at the Savannah River site. It would also raise the combined cap for technical assistance for public participation at each installation t… - More cyber coordination, border cost reports, and energy resilience: benefit, medium. If enacted, U.S. Cyber Command could coordinate with a broader set of private‑sector entities and must report by March 1, 2031 with details on which sectors are prioritized. The bill would extend DoD briefings about southwest border assistance through December 31, 2028 and add a required cost accou… - More DoD reporting and transparency: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would add many reporting, notice, and records requirements across DoD. Secretaries must notify Congress within 24 hours of any service member wounded in combat and retain detailed records of maritime strikes. The Secretary of Defense must report on civilian harm mitigation by M… - More DoD strategy briefings and oversight: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to produce a comprehensive cognitive warfare strategy within 180 days and to provide classified quarterly briefings to Armed Services Committees on homeland defense and medical surge capacity starting within 90 days and continuing for five years. The briefings… - More radar coverage for Guam: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require Defense to act within 90 days to make the Aegis Guam system fully operational with at least two AN/TPY-6 radar emplacements for 360-degree coverage. Emplacement and integration of the second radar must be completed by September 30, 2030, and the law prefers using… - More U.S.–Israel security funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would increase specified U.S.–Israel cooperative program funding. Counter‑unmanned systems cooperation would rise from $70 million to $100 million. Funding for cooperative subterranean operations (previously called "anti‑tunnel") would rise from $80 million to $100 million. - Navy unmanned systems and RASCOM plans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Navy to deliver plans within 180 days to consolidate most unmanned systems under one official and to reorganize offices for robotic and autonomous systems. If a Robotic and Autonomous Systems Command (RASCOM) is created, DoD must show its funding in a separate… - New Arctic and Western Hemisphere plans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require new regional defense strategies and reports. A report on U.S. defense integration with Canada and Nordic allies would be due within 180 days. A U.S.-Denmark report on Greenland would be due within 120 days and the Secretary would be asked to invite Denmark to assi… - New command for robotic systems: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would allow the President, with military advice, to create a unified combatant command focused on robotic and autonomous systems called RASCOM. If set up, RASCOM would oversee training, doctrine, force generation, and operations for those systems. The statute would exclude some… - New office to track foreign investment: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to designate an office by March 1, 2027 to identify and mitigate risks from adversarial capital. The office would map capital ownership in the defense industrial base, assess supply‑chain and collaboration risks, set up secure data paths, and create an Economi… - New rules for Air Force basing: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Air Force to use a single, standardized basing method for aircraft decisions made after enactment. The method must include 10-year lifecycle cost estimates and current infrastructure and readiness data. The bill would also set strict deadlines for Clearinghous… - New rules for military AI and technology: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create DoD structures and rules for AI, autonomy, data, and science advice. It would create a robotic autonomous systems working group and require a report in 270 days. The Secretary must issue human‑in‑the‑loop weapons regulations within 180 days and report to Congress.… - New U.S. defense tech partnerships abroad: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would establish or require DoD to stand up initiatives to accelerate defense technology cooperation with Israel, Ukraine, and Abraham Accords partners. Those initiatives would speed joint R&D, testing, co‑production, and transition to procurement and include required briefings… - Office to protect critical defense sites: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to name an office within 90 days to find and rank risks to critical defense sites, including private and commercial sites. That office would create a classified ranked list within 180 days of designation and report to Congress within one y… - Overseas basing and exercise plans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require several regional plans and studies. U.S. Southern Command would have 180 days to study recurring multinational jungle warfare exercises in South America. The Secretary of Defense would deliver master plans within 180 days for facilities to support rotational U.S.… - Pilot: contractor cyber access: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary could run a pilot (by March 1, 2027 to Dec 31, 2030) letting cleared private contractors do contractor‑owned, contractor‑operated cyber access work under Cyber Command authority and direct federal oversight with cleared personnel present. DoD must notify congressional defe… - Plans for Indo‑Pacific exercises: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require relevant Secretaries to send plans within 180 days to Congress and the Comptroller General on how they will address GAO recommendations for Indo‑Pacific exercises. Plans must list actions, milestones, and explain any recommendations not adopted. Secretaries must c… - Regional defense strategies and plans: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD would develop a South China Sea crisis management strategy within one year, including an interim report in 120 days and a final report in one year. DoD would also create an Americas Defense Initiative within 180 days to strengthen partner security in the Western Hemisphere and must… - Security assistance to Jordan through 2027: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD could provide training, equipment, logistics, stipends, sustainment, and related support to Jordanian military forces through December 31, 2027. The Secretary must notify congressional defense committees in writing at least 15 days before exercising the authority and must identify t… - Service roadmaps and electronics study: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Army must make a Rural Revival and Modernization Plan within 90 days to audit remote armories and propose recruitment and infrastructure incentives. The Air Force must publish an electronic warfare roadmap by March 31, 2027 and update it in odd years. DoD must also complete a 180‑da… - Space Force to use space weather: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would direct the Air Force to integrate space weather data, modeling, and forecasting into Space Force doctrine, operations, and acquisition. The Secretary must brief Congress by March 31, 2027 on implementation steps, capability gaps, and planned investments. - Start PFAS cleanup at 50 sites: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to start interim remedial actions for PFAS at not fewer than 50 covered DoD sites within two years, consistent with applicable law. The Secretary may start fewer only if not enough qualifying sites exist and must notify Congress explaining… - Stronger military medical planning: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to produce annual estimates of projected casualties and to set up a joint process to define required medical capabilities aligned to combatant command needs. Reports would include casualty projections, medical capacity, capability gaps, and resource recommenda… - Study to expand Navy surge maintenance: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Navy to study expanding Reserve maintenance programs and SurgeMain to handle shipyard backlogs and surge repair needs. The Secretary must deliver a feasibility study and business case within one year covering training, funding options, labor relations, and bar… - U.S. cyber strategy and organization: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require a 180-day strategy to strengthen cyber cooperation with Indo‑Pacific allies and a funding plan through the Future‑Years Defense Program, with an implementation report due March 15, 2028. It would also require integrating National Guard physical ranges into DoD cyb… - DoD air traffic control modernization: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to assess risks in DoD air traffic control systems and produce a modernization plan within 180 days. The assessment would inventory prior investments, identify equipment problems, estimate costs and timelines, and recommend fixes. The Secretary would… - Indo‑Pacific health data pilot: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to develop a pilot health IT platform for U.S. military, U.S. civilian, and allied medical facilities in the Indo‑Pacific. The platform would aim to share critical patient information, protect privacy and security, support low‑bandwidth and multilingual settin… - Military trauma care and performance: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to set up partnerships in the Indo‑Pacific and Arctic by June 1, 2027 to share combat casualty care lessons and train together. It would also require each service to make a human performance strategy within 180 days covering wearables, security, timelines, and… - Military land and local projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would authorize several local property transfers and fund moves. It would allow the Army to sell about 4.5 acres to Opelika, AL, and give three surplus F‑14D aircraft to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission (recipients pay transfer and operating costs). It would allow th… - H-2B admissions extended to Wake: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would add Wake Island to the list of places eligible for the special H-2B admissions authority and extend that authority through December 31, 2031. That preserves and lengthens temporary worker admission authority for Guam, Wake Island, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari… - Air mobility plan through 2047: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of the Air Force to deliver a strategic plan by January 1, 2027 for mobility capabilities through fiscal year 2047. The plan must assess contested operations, current vulnerabilities, and future tanker and airlift concepts and could shape future purc… - Aircraft and space procurement changes: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would permit the Navy to enter a block buy for twelve or more E‑2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft across fiscal years 2027–2029, subject to appropriations and contract limits on termination liability. The bill would also push agencies to use open competition and compatible standards… - Depot accounting and Army industrial planning: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary of Defense write off certain internal accounting balances for depots and arsenals when those facilities no longer generate revenue, so long as prior cash outlays are recovered. The bill would also require the Secretary of the Army to publish governance a… - More Army research funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would increase several Army research and development funding line items for FY2027. Examples in the funding table include added amounts for Defense Research Sciences and University and Industry Research Centers and increases to applied research and modernization projects. These… - Master plan to harden fuel storage: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would deliver a master plan within 180 days to expand, harden, and optimize bulk fuel storage at strategic locations worldwide. The plan must set theater‑specific minimum storage floors for all fuel types, include engineering assessments for hardened infrastruct… - Protect contractors from DoD staffing orders: benefit, medium. If enacted, DoD would be barred from funding specified missile and munitions multiyear contracts unless the contract contains no clause allowing DoD to remove or install contractor personnel or direct a contractor's internal resources without paying for them. For past contracts with such clauses, t… - Plan to grow shipbuilding workforce: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of the Navy to produce a plan by October 1, 2027 to expand cooperation with State colleges and technical schools to scale workforce development for distributed submarine and surface shipbuilding. The plan must list critical trade skills, analyze labo… - Buy tech competitively and oversee it: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require more competition when DoD buys advanced computing, AI, cloud, and data systems. It would prioritize multi‑vendor, open standards, and protections against vendor lock‑in. The bill also creates a pilot to appoint 10–30 experienced Senior Commercial Acquisition Execu… - Higher statutory procurement thresholds: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would set a uniform $500,000 capital procurement threshold for major test ranges, science and technology reinvention labs, and other facilities. It would also raise another statutory contracting threshold from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000. These changes shift which procurement rul… - More GenAI opportunities for vendors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would expand the GenAI.mil platform to add more models and make it easier for small businesses to participate. A four‑year expansion strategy must be sent to Congress by September 15, 2027 with annual goals and a small‑business plan. The bill also requires annua… - Strengthen defense industrial supply chains: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create new offices and pilots to strengthen defense supply chains. DoD must establish a Supply Chain Risk Management Integration Cell by March 1, 2027 to coordinate data and oversight. The bill would create an Economic Defense Unit to plan and fund economic competition pr… - Award waiver for a single veteran: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of the Army could award the Distinguished‑Service Cross to Joseph P. Lynch for valor on April 17, 1968, even though statutory time limits would otherwise block the award. This authorization applies only to that named individual. - Declassify POW and MIA records: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to declassify or make available for family review records about POWs and MIAs from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam within three years. Records that name a person could not be declassified without written consent from the person or an appropriate family member… - DoD ban on workplace hate symbols: benefit, low. If enacted, DoD would have to issue a Department‑wide policy within 180 days banning the display, possession for display, or use of hate symbols at work or in connection with official duties. Military departments and agencies would update their rules, set procedures for review and removal, and prov… - More shipping and travel for service members: benefit, low. If enacted, military departments could allow a service member to ship or store more than one privately owned vehicle during a move, subject to funding and mission needs. If enacted, eligible personnel stationed at Guantanamo Bay could buy transportation at commercially competitive rates and get pri… - Notice before large DoD layoffs: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to notify congressional defense committees in writing at least 45 days before approving any change to the DoD civilian workforce that will cut 50 or more full‑time civilian jobs at a facility. The notice must describe mission impact, implementation co… - Protect Afghan residents at base: benefit, low. If enacted, DoD funds could not be used to transfer someone at Camp As Sayliyah who is an Afghan national or last lived in Afghanistan to Afghanistan, a third country that could send them to Afghanistan, or any place that would break the law. The Secretary can waive that ban for individuals with di… - Protecting service member privacy rights: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would issue guidance by March 1, 2027 on when the military can publicly release personally identifiable information in official announcements. The guidance would set review and approval steps and special protections for members in sensitive units. The bill would… - Ratify specific land patent: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would confirm and ratify the Secretary of the Interior's prior approval and issuance of land patent No. 11-2021-0002, despite other law. This would validate the earlier land patent action for the named patent holder. - More caregivers at military child care: benefit, low. If enacted, the Defense Department would be able to place national service volunteers and senior volunteers into military child development centers. Placed individuals would need training in education services and must meet the centers' hiring requirements under the national service law. This could… - More childcare funding for military: benefit, low. If enacted, funding for military Child and Youth Programs would increase for FY2027. The Army would get about $12.7 million more. The Navy would get about $9.9 million more. The Marine Corps would get about $3.2 million more. These amounts are shown in the Operation and Maintenance tables and are e… - Stronger chaperone and misconduct rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to adopt a Department-wide chaperone policy for sensitive exams and to check Defense Health Agency facilities for compliance. The Director must report findings and resource needs to Congress within set 60- and 180-day timelines. The bill would also require DoD… - Cyber and Space personnel rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would centralize a transfer authority for cyber positions to apply Department-wide, cut the probationary period for U.S. Cyber Command civilian staff from three years to two years, and raise a specified Space Force appointment ceiling from 25 to 50. These changes would take eff… - Limited FY2027 cyber reserve funding: benefit, low. If enacted, up to $5,000,000 could be used in FY2027 by U.S. Cyber Command for cyberspace operations that use specialized reserve component members. The Commander must notify Congress whenever spending under this authority exceeds each $500,000 increment and must submit a final report by December 3… - Stronger military whistleblower protections: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would add retaliatory security‑clearance reviews and forced psychiatric or psychological exams to the list of banned retaliatory actions. It would also state that nondisclosure agreements cannot limit or reduce whistleblower rights and protections under the statute. - Allow Colonie readiness center construction: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of the Army could build the previously authorized readiness center at Colonie, New York instead of Albany under the existing authorization. The change updates the authorized construction site and helps local planning and contracting. - Annual spectrum briefings to Congress: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to brief congressional defense committees each March 31 starting with the first March 31 after enactment and continuing through 2031. Briefings must explain who is on U.S. delegations to the World Radio Conference, how DoD systems were tes… - Certify Guam missile control readiness: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would bar declaring the Guam Missile Defense command and control facility operational until the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment certifies a continuity plan with backup facilities exists. The Under Secretary and the Indo‑Pacific commander must brief congressional… - Chaplains must keep visible rank: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would stop the Defense Department from changing rules that require chaplains to display visible officer rank on uniforms unless Congress expressly authorizes a change. Funds in this bill could not be used to remove or obscure chaplains' visible rank. - DoD IT and cyber planning updates: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to speed approval timelines for cross-domain solutions and report a plan by December 15, 2027, and brief on implementation in March 2028. It would also require an annual high-performance computing roadmap covering data centers and local impacts, and yearly rep… - DoD legal capacity and regional training: benefit, low. If enacted, DoD could fund work to help partner governments build legal and institutional capacity using Defense Security Cooperation Agency and other security cooperation funds if appropriated. If enacted, Department of Defense regional centers for security studies could add operational simulation… - Extended deadlines and pilot authorities: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would extend several DoD deadlines and pilot program end dates. It would lengthen temporary early discharge authority through October 1, 2030, extend the Defense Operational Resilience pilot to 2032, push some report deadlines out to 2032, and extend authorities for coalition r… - Extra time for military construction projects: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would extend or modify several military construction authorizations and projects so they can move forward. It would keep Fort Gillem, listed National Guard and Reserve projects, and certain FY2024 Navy authorizations in effect through at least October 1, 2027. The bill would al… - Faster notice for sensitive operations: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Defense Secretary to send a written notification to congressional defense committees within 48 hours after any sensitive military operation. The notice must include time, legal authority, target and location details, assessments of civilian presence and harm,… - FY2027 military end strengths set: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would set active-duty personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2027. Authorized end strengths would be: Army 469,000; Navy 356,600; Marine Corps 173,700; Air Force 330,400; Space Force 13,200. These numbers guide recruiting and hiring for each service. - GAO study of PFAS cleanup: benefit, low. If enacted, the Comptroller General would study DoD cleanup and acquisition processes for PFAS remediation, review remediation technologies, and identify gaps and risks. GAO must brief congressional defense committees within one year and deliver a report afterward. - Improve base security and readiness: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require specific steps to keep bases and systems ready. The Air Force must inventory LGM‑30G unique maintenance equipment within 180 days and add listed items to the weapon system for regular upkeep. The Army must submit a plan by September 1, 2027 to add small drones to… - Include Guard in Army Arctic plan: benefit, low. If enacted, the Army would have to fully include the National Guard in its Arctic strategy. The Army would designate Guard units as Arctic-capable or Arctic-focused, create a modernization roadmap for cold‑weather gear, expand Guard participation in Arctic exercises, and report to Congress by June… - Installation plans must include emergency: benefit, low. If enacted, military installation master plans would have to include emergency management, energy and water resilience, and be consistent with natural resource plans and other resilience projects. If enacted, planners must include risk reduction and resilience when they plan. - Keep Civil‑Military Coordination Center: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would allow DoD to continue operating the Civil‑Military Coordination Center through December 31, 2027. The Secretary must submit a plan by March 1, 2027 and send reports every 180 days with operational and humanitarian metrics. The center would coordinate humanitarian assistan… - Keep Guantanamo funding limits: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would extend current limits on Defense funding related to detainees at Guantanamo Bay through December 31, 2027. It would continue bans on using funds to transfer detainees to the United States or certain foreign countries, to build or modify U.S. facilities to house transferre… - Keep Navy research vessels active: benefit, low. If enacted, funds authorized by this Act for fiscal year 2027 could not be used to retire, decommission, prepare to retire, or place in storage any Navy oceanographic research vessel, including the Kilo Moana. This keeps those vessels available for at least FY2027. - Limit punishment for retirees' speech: benefit, low. If enacted, certain retired or covered members would not be subject to disciplinary rules in that chapter for political speech, statements about officials, or statements of law, except when those members are covered under other paragraphs or are wearing a military uniform. - More DoD reporting and oversight: benefit, low. If enacted, several new or expanded reporting duties would apply to Defense offices. The low‑altitude airspace Task Force must list related interagency programs and funding and align priorities with capability development. The Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy must brief Congress quarterly on cy… - More oversight for DoD actions: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would increase DoD transparency and reporting. The Secretary must issue written rules on ad hoc declassification within 180 days and require rapid documentation and reporting of such decisions. The Department must report annually on the military legal system through 2031. The S… - Protect E‑3 fleet and E‑7 program: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would bar the Air Force from retiring or storing E‑3 aircraft if that would cut the inventory below 16 aircraft, unless enough E‑7 Wedgetail aircraft are procured and delivered to meet mission needs. It would also bar pausing or canceling the E‑7 program. - Protect WWII Navy aircraft from scrapping: benefit, low. If enacted, the Department of Defense could not destroy, dismantle, or permanently disable any Navy aircraft made before December 31, 1945 that it controls. Those aircraft must be retained, transferred to eligible museums, or deaccessioned under a Secretary‑approved plan. A waiver is allowed only i… - Quarterly anomalous health reporting: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require a staffed Anomalous Health Incidents team and quarterly reports to Congress starting within 90 days of enactment and continuing every 90 days until March 1, 2030. Reports must list incidents, dates, locations, actions taken, staffing updates, and funding status by… - Require US markings on armed platforms: benefit, low. If enacted, the Defense Department could not use a manned platform with offensive lethal weapons to conduct an attack unless the platform bears markings that show U.S. affiliation and distinguish it from civilian people or equipment. The rule does not prohibit use of manned platforms that have weap… - Retroactive postseparation service rule fix: benefit, low. If enacted, the amendment clarifies applicability of a postseparation public and community service program and would take effect as if included in the John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019. If enacted, this clarifies who the postseparation rules apply to. - Review confinement severity on appeal: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require military appeals courts to consider whether the confinement portion of a sentence is inappropriately severe. The court could not find the confinement too severe if it is at or below a Presidential sentencing parameter set under the specified authority. - Small statutory correction to prior law: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would change a numeral in a prior National Defense Authorization Act provision from '3' to '4'. This technical amendment extends the numeric parameter specified in that earlier provision. - Small‑cost missile fix allowed: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would allow a modification to a nuclear missile if the cost is less than $500,000 in 2027 base‑year dollars. That means small, low‑cost maintenance or fixes would not be blocked by the existing prohibition on modifying items scheduled for retirement. - Study on military intimate-image offense: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense, with the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice, to study changing the intimate-image offense so it no longer must be tied to the military mission. The Secretary must report findings and recommendations to the Armed Services Committe… - Task force for Indo-Pacific medical readiness: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State to create a task force within 60 days to negotiate international agreements for Indo‑Pacific medical readiness. A senior lead must be named within 30 days. The task force must identify priority foreign partners and r… - Coast Guard added to infrastructure pilot: benefit, low. If enacted, the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program would include Coast Guard installations. The Secretary of Defense would have to consult the Commandant of the Coast Guard when considering grants or other funding that supports a Coast Guard site. Nearby communities could become eligibl… - Ban on betting about military operations: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to place, accept, or facilitate wagers about U.S. military operations. The law would also bar listing or clearing related contracts and let the Attorney General seek injunctions. The ban would take effect 30 days after enactment. - Study how AI affects warfighter skills: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Defense to study how DoD use of artificial intelligence affects maintenance and retention of essential warfighter skills, starting by August 1, 2027. The assessment must identify jobs at risk, measures of skill loss, training fixes, and report to… - Bigger Indo‑Pacific project cap: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would raise the authorization limit for Indo‑Pacific unspecified military construction projects from $30,000,000 to $35,000,000. The change takes effect upon enactment and allows project authorizations up to $35 million. - Consider recycling in stockpile plans: benefit, low. If enacted, Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpile planning would have to consider how expanded commercial processing, recovery, and recycling (including e‑waste) could meet defense needs. Agencies would assess domestic e‑waste quantities and the ability to use them for strategic materials. - Contracting with conveyed utility owners: benefit, low. If enacted, DoD could contract with a conveyee who bought a utility system that serves only a military installation to carry out specified construction projects (like microgrids and battery storage) at named bases such as Travis AFB, Eglin AFB, Fort Bragg, and F.E. Warren AFB. The authority applies… - ICBM parts procurement authority: benefit, low. If enacted, beginning in fiscal year 2027 the Air Force could enter contracts to buy specified ICBM arming and fuzing assemblies, nuclear‑certified tractors and trailers, arm/disarm switch replacements, and test support systems. Contracts may include advance and bulk purchases. Any payment obligati… - JADC2 test facility funding: benefit, low. If enacted, the Air Force would be allowed to build a 6,934 square meter Joint All‑Domain Command and Control and Air Battle Management Systems test facility at Eglin Air Force Base at a cost of $87.8 million. The funds would come from research, development, test, and evaluation accounts. - US‑Germany co‑development talks: benefit, low. If enacted, the Defense and State Departments would seek engagement with Germany by March 1, 2027 on a joint program to enable co‑development and co‑production of air defense and air‑to‑air munitions. The agencies could use U.S. procurement authorities and existing MOUs and must brief Congress with… - Tighten DoD supply chain rules: cost, high. If enacted, starting Jan 1, 2028 the DoD would be barred from buying items mined, made, or assembled in North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran, and from contracting with entities that rely on those items. The bill would also require IT vendors with ties to countries of concern to enter into memoranda… - Delay on commercial item spending: cost, high. If enacted, the Defense Department would be barred from obligating FY2027 funds for a centralized commercial item capability until the Secretary certifies that required guidance and DFARS changes are issued and stricter rules for certain technologies are in place. The Comptroller General must revie… - Limits on contractor stock and dividends: cost, high. If enacted, DoD could not award procurement contracts after June 15, 2027 unless a contractor agrees in writing not to buy exchange‑listed equity in the contractor or parent and not to pay dividends or other equity distributions. The Secretary may waive the rule if a contractor adopts an approved d… - Higher travel miles for reservists: cost, medium. If enacted, reservists would be eligible for travel reimbursement only when one-way travel to a permanent duty assignment exceeds 100 miles. If enacted, this change would apply to travel on or after January 1, 2028. If enacted, the Defense Secretary must report estimated costs and the number of aff… - DoD AI models must pass biosecurity checks: cost, medium. If enacted, DoD would need a biosecurity testing framework for covered AI models and could not buy, renew, or extend use of such models until they pass testing and required mitigations. The Secretary must issue guidance within 180 days and the procurement prohibition would begin 18 months after gui… - DoD support to Homeland Security hold: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar spending any FY2027 funds in this Act to provide Department of Defense support to the Department of Homeland Security until the Secretary of Defense certifies DoD has received reimbursements from DHS for reimbursements owed since October 1, 2025. The certification mus… - Big AI contractor reporting and data rules: cost, medium. If enacted, DoD would set rules in 180 days for "covered AI contractors"—firms with at least $100 million in DoD AI contracts and large R&D or model use. Covered firms would have to submit security and vetting policies with offers, re‑certify every 90 days, and report an acute national security inc… - DoD investment notification rules: cost, medium. If enacted, the Director and DoD must notify congressional defense committees within five days of signing any term sheet. Deals under $50 million could not be final until 15 business days after that briefing; deals of $50 million or more could not be final until 30 business days after. For equity d… - DOE and NNSA program funding cuts: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would reduce several FY2027 authorizations for DOE and national nuclear security activities. Examples include Los Alamos pit production down by $30 million, Maintenance and Repair down by $90 million, Naval Reactors spent fuel project down by $65 million, NNSA IT/cybersecurity… - Two-year lobbying ban for senior DoD: cost, low. If enacted, certain former senior DoD officers (active duty O-9 or higher and equivalent civilians) could not, for two years after leaving, knowingly try to influence or appear before their old department on behalf of others. If enacted, the restriction applies to activities on or after the date of… - Prediction market trading limits for DoD: cost, low. If enacted, covered DoD-affiliated individuals could not use material nonpublic information from their position to profit in prediction markets. If enacted, trades over $250 must be reported within 30 days after notification and a supplemental report filed within 30 days after contract close. If en… - BOND program briefings and funding hold: cost, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to brief Congress on the BOND program by January 31, 2027 and every 90 days until January 31, 2029. No OSD funds for the BOND program could be obligated or spent until the first briefing occurs. Briefings must cover participants, placements, costs, an… - New contractor price-rise reporting: cost, low. If enacted, offerors on certain cost‑plus, no‑competition contracts would have to tell the contracting officer within 30 days when a unit price rises 25% above the contract bid price or prior year's price, or 50% above the price five years earlier. The Defense Contract Audit Agency or service acqui… - Holds on DoD travel and program funds: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would block parts of many FY2027 Defense travel and program accounts until required reports, briefings, or certifications are sent to Congress. It would set specific caps such as 85%, 75%, 60%, 90%, or 25% on certain travel or program funds for different offices until the liste… - Limit on some research collaborations: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would extend an existing limitation on the availability of funds for certain fundamental research collaborations with some academic institutions through fiscal year 2027. That keeps the current restriction in place for an additional year. - Limit industrial fund equity deals: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would amend the Industrial Base Fund rules to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from using that authority to make equity investments. The bill designates a different statutory section as the sole authority for equity investments under title 10. This narrows how the Department c… - New small business contracting rules and grants: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would create a CMMC Assessment Grant Program by July 1, 2027 to pay up to $100,000 per eligible small business for CMMC Level 2 assessment costs, with a $50,000,000 program cap. It would set up an expedited source-approval pathway and procurement incentives for qualifying manuf… - Changes to military construction projects: mixed, high. If enacted, many military construction authorizations would expire on the later of October 1, 2029 or the date an FY2030 military construction authorization is enacted. Projects with funds already obligated before that date would not expire. The bill would also extend specific Army FY2022, FY2023,… - Move facility funds into construction accounts: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would reclassify specified Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization funding from Operation and Maintenance accounts into military construction (Division B) accounts. It would also allow credit only for amounts actually obligated under eligible performance‑based co… - FY2027 procurement and budget tools: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would create and expand several FY2027 budget and procurement authorities. Agencies could use multi‑year contracts and advance procurement for many munitions starting in FY2027. The bill would set aside $115 million in FY2027 missile procurement funds for commercially available… - Guard technician and retirement rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the authority to employ National Guard dual-status military technicians would end on October 1, 2038, though the Defense Secretary and a State governor could agree to continue jobs for disaster response. If enacted, DoD funds could not pay dual-status Guard technicians after October 1,… - Voice-based drug test pilot: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Department of Defense would run a pilot using voice‑based automated screening for targeted drug testing at up to five installations covering 40,000–50,000 active‑duty members. The technology must be scientifically validated, peer‑reviewed, and legally defensible, and the pilot must… - TRICARE access, billing, and oversight: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require TRICARE and the Defense Health Agency to improve how beneficiaries report access problems and how billing and claims are handled. It would require an online complaint system within 18 months and new revenue-cycle improvements and reports starting within 180 days.… - Changes to officer pay and promotions: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require that promotions, command picks, and school selections be based on merit, fitness, capability, and performance and bar considering sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin except for a narrow foreign‑mission exception that needs combatant commander approval and a 6… - Guard technician job protections: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar converting or transferring a filled National Guard dual‑status technician position without the incumbent's written consent. It would also say that if a technician position is converted to Active Guard and Reserve duty, the individual waives entitlement to re-employmen… - New pay and job rules for DoD civilians: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary set pay for prevailing‑rate employees at defense industrial base facilities based on private market pay, local cost of living, and recruitment needs. It would require a single job grading system for positions at those facilities and create pilots to give… - New rules for Service Academy students: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary of the Navy discharge midshipmen for unsatisfactory conduct and allow delegation to the Superintendent. It would lengthen expedited transfer decisions at Service Academies from 72 hours to five calendar days. It would bar graduates from going pro in spor… - Air, missile, and munitions readiness: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to report within 180 days on air and missile defense systems and interceptors in the CENTCOM region and to produce a replenishment and supply strategy. The Secretary must also deliver a named radar system by December 31, 2028 and send an acquisition strategy w… - Ban on trading DoD prediction markets: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would issue rules within 180 days that bar covered service members and DoD civilians from trading on prediction markets about military operations, intelligence, acquisitions, funding, and other sensitive topics. The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation would b… - Base rules for connected vehicles: mixed, medium. If enacted, DoD must submit by April 1, 2027 a plan to ban certain connected vehicles at military installations, identify verification methods, and assess effects on people with base access. New bans would need at least 180 days' notice and could not take effect until the Secretary certifies adequa… - Conditions on Iraq and Syria assistance: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would add counter‑UAS equipment and training to assistance for Iraq but bar more than 25% of funds until the Secretary certifies Iraq has taken credible steps to stop attacks by Iran‑linked groups and bring militias under control. If certification cannot be made, DoD may send a… - Data center and real estate planning: mixed, medium. If enacted, DoD would deliver a data center infrastructure strategy and roadmap by January 15, 2028 and designate a senior lead by February 1, 2027. DoD would also run a pilot to build an online real estate inventory tool at selected installations and require its use before new construction or off‑… - DoD AI infrastructure and security plans: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to prototype and test secure data centers for AI workloads and to build a department‑wide ecosystem to host and govern agentic AI. The work includes protecting model weights, testing security controls, credentialing developers, keeping an agent registry, and p… - DoD cyber and device security upgrades: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require a DoD‑wide audit of covered cellular modules and recurring reports to Congress on risks and mitigation options. It would also require DoD to standardize security boundary rules, submit annual cyber readiness reports through 2030, and move key cryptography to NIST‑… - Live‑fire trauma training waiver rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary of Defense waive a limit on live‑fire trauma training for a unit for one year at a time if the limitation directly harms readiness. The Secretary must notify congressional defense committees within 15 days of issuing or renewing a waiver and certify that… - National security procurement waiver: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense could waive certain procurement prohibitions (under specified law) in writing when necessary for national security. The written finding must describe scope, quantity, and time period and generally be sent to congressional defense committees 15 days before a waiv… - New DoD cyber and AI leadership rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Senate‑confirmed Under Secretary for Cyber, Information, and Networks to run DoD IT and cyber duties starting January 20, 2029. It would require phishing‑resistant logins across DoD within two years and set department‑wide security standards for software agents b… - Personnel standards, training, and diversity: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would remove some diversity language and repeal a pronoun policy in DoD personnel rules and change human relations training to include the values 'honor, excellence, courage, and commitment.' If enacted, occupational standards must be applied on a sex-neutral basis when based o… - Reserve and aeromedical staffing rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, converting a dual‑status National Guard technician position to Active Guard and Reserve duty would increase the statutory Active Guard and Reserve end strength and lower the statutory technician minimum by the same amount. The bill would replace numerical caps for officers and senior en… - Reserve staffing, account, and protections: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would set FY2027 caps and minimums for many Reserve end strengths and full‑time support positions. It would set minimum dual‑status technician counts and limit temporary technicians to 25% of authorized totals. It would also require reserve network accounts be disabled after 18… - Spending holds until briefings and reports: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would block or cap parts of FY2027 DoD spending until officials brief Congress or certify plans. Examples: Economic Defense Unit funds are blocked until briefings and ownership reviews are done; up to 75% of Navy Integrated Combat Systems funds are withheld until an operational… - Tighter rules on foreign links and contracts: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would widen the government definition of China‑linked firms to include majority‑owned subsidiaries and affiliates and add many new terms for DoD rulemaking. Starting January 1, 2028, colleges getting DoD research money would generally be barred from contracting with covered for… - Study of the Military Health System: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to seek a contract with a federally funded research and development center by June 1, 2027, to perform a broad study of the Military Health System and report to Congress by March 1, 2028. The study must analyze combat care, readiness, beneficiary coverage, and… - DoD research, cyber training, and centers: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a DoD Research Security Program to protect sensitive basic research and may limit funding for institutions or researchers who violate rules. It would start a cyber‑academia pilot pairing DoD cyber units with colleges, create a Center for the Study of the National G… - More competition for DoD contracts: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Department of Defense would have to use competitive procedures for contracts to stockpile, manufacture, or onshore pharmaceuticals and related materials, and notify the Armed Services Committees at least 15 days before an award. Contractors who submit cost or pricing data late could… - New missile acquisition and review rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, approvals for the Minuteman III sustainment strategy would require a joint determination by three named officials instead of approval by the Under Secretary alone. For PAC‑3 FY2027 funds, not more than 50% may be obligated unless the Secretary certifies that at least 40% of MSE motors i… - Remove certain DoD authorities and reports: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would repeal several statutory sections and required Defense reports. It would strike two subsections of a 2026 NDAA provision, repeal an enumerated list of required reports in title 10 and prior NDAAs, remove authority that allowed certain cyber O&M development, and repeal sta… - Rules for shipbuilding and cable ships: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let DoD build up to two non‑combatant ships per class in an allied foreign shipyard when national security needs justify it. The Secretary must certify and report to Congress at least 30 days before obligating funds and ensure key systems are installed in secure U.S. or a… - Space launch and acquisition rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Air Force would review Space Launch staffing and give Congress a plan within 270 days. Authority for some launch support services would move to the Secretary of the Air Force. DoD could hold title to space systems and indirect cost limits for launch activities would extend through 2… - Stronger defense supply and tech rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, DoD would tighten and expand rules across the defense industrial base. The bill would broaden reporting and definitions for Chinese‑linked companies, require detailed supply‑chain risk findings with legal and inspector general reviews, and ask for a plan to ease unnecessary security rul… - Supply chain reviews for key materials: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would require DoD to study access to several high‑priority materials, including boron carbide, copper inputs for circuit boards, synthetic diamond, and silicon carbide, and to brief Congress by February 1, 2027. It would also require a 180‑day study of phosphate supply vulnerab… - Changes to military appeals and review: mixed, low. If enacted, victims could petition the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to review a Court of Criminal Appeals decision on good cause, and must file within 21 days of notification. If enacted, reviewing courts must state whether they had jurisdiction and whether charges and sentences were lawfu… - Collecting recruit contact and data: mixed, low. If enacted, the military could collect 'Prospective Recruit Information' from people age 17 and older with consent to improve recruiting outreach. The data may include contact details, device IDs, IP addresses, and fitness activity. Collected data may be kept up to 3 years and the authority would e… - Commissaries could fund building repairs: mixed, low. If enacted, Defense Commissary Agency operating funds could be used to build, repair, or improve commissary physical infrastructure. If enacted, any construction paid this way would have to follow the military construction rules in 10 U.S.C. 2805. - Commissary access pilot for civilians: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary run a pilot allowing full‑time DoD civilian and nonappropriated fund employees near selected bases to shop at up to 16 commissary stores. The Secretary may charge fees or surcharges to cover costs. The pilot must end by January 1, 2028 and a report is du… - Combat boot quality rules: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to issue rules within two years requiring that optional combat boots sold at military exchanges be certified by each service's combat boot quality assurance program. The Secretary may give a service one 90‑day waiver to implement its program. This aim… - Housing safety rules and counseling: mixed, low. If enacted, the law would clarify that window fall prevention rules for military family housing do not require devices that only control window opening. The Secretaries could hire HUD‑certified organizations and other counselors to provide housing counseling to service members. Counseling would be… - Changes to military education and training: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would block cuts to foreign-language and regional training in FY2027 until language readiness is certified and would require DoD to update JROTC guidance by January 1, 2027 and evaluate instructor pay effects. It would remove an automatic reexamination right for service academy… - Hiring changes for defense workers: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would ban new hires, rehires, and reemployment as National Guard dual‑status military technicians from October 1, 2028 through October 1, 2038. The bill would also allow up to 40 DARPA positions to be concurrently occupied by two people for up to 90 days to ease personnel trans… - DoD procurement rules for small vendors: mixed, low. If enacted, the VA would not need to provide a certificate of compliance when it buys property or services for DoD planning, design, or construction projects. One year after enactment, DoD purchases made in the U.S. could only buy cut flowers and greens grown in qualifying U.S. areas. The bill also… - Armed Forces Retirement Home council changes: mixed, low. If enacted, the advisory council rules for the Armed Forces Retirement Home would change. If enacted, the council would name a Chief Operating Officer instead of the Secretary of Defense, change member voting rules, make some officials nonvoting, remove certain membership paragraphs, and make the c… - Ban DoD support for PRC‑censored media: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would bar use of funds in this Act to knowingly give active, direct support to films, TV shows, or entertainment that the Secretary of Defense has evidence were censored at the direction of the Government of the People's Republic of China. The Secretary may waive this ban only… - Change OSD staff cap counting: mixed, low. If enacted, the law would stop counting certain Direct Support Activities and Washington Headquarters Services when applying an OSD personnel cap. The textual change removes that parenthetical from the cited personnel limitation. - Defense university works public domain: mixed, low. If enacted, works created by or for the Defense Security Cooperation University would be treated as United States Government works. Those works would not be eligible for copyright protection and would be placed in the public domain. - Delay Navy launch complex move: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary of the Air Force could not require the Navy to move from Space Launch Complex 46 to Space Launch Complex 51 until the conditions in the April 2, 2026 Memorandum of Agreement between the relevant program offices are satisfied. The prohibition delays any forced transition un… - Keep APS‑2 equipment in Europe: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would prohibit use of funds in this Act to move Army Prepositioned Stock‑2 (APS‑2) equipment, as assigned on March 1, 2026, out of the European area for maintenance or divestment. The rule applies only to APS‑2 equipment assigned on that date. - Longer overhaul planning for carriers: mixed, low. If enacted, the planning horizon for refueling and complex overhauls of the USS John C. Stennis and USS Harry S. Truman would extend from six years to eight years. The change affects Navy maintenance schedules and long‑term planning. - Munitions naming and production review: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Army to decide within 60 days whether additive manufacturing for rocket propellant should become a formal program of record and brief Congress by April 15, 2027. It would also require service chiefs to assign plain English names to critical munitions within 60… - Promotions, medals, and hazing reviews: mixed, low. If enacted, the Defense Secretary could temporarily withhold forwarding an officer's promotion or nomination for up to 30 days and must notify Congress for holds longer than 30 days. Service secretaries must follow independent board steps for Medal of Honor recommendations and upgrades would be all… - Repeals of two prior DoD authorities: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would repeal the statutory requirement for the Government Accountability Office to review missile defense acquisition programs. It would also repeal a previously enacted joint medical authority from the FY2019 NDAA. Both repeals remove specific statutory oversight or authority. - Restrict Navy ship name changes: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary of the Navy could not change an officially announced ship name except in rare cases. The Secretary must be Senate‑confirmed, find a compelling reason, and submit a detailed justification report to the Armed Services Committees at least 30 days before the change. - Subpoena authority for electronic evidence: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would add explicit subpoena authority to certain military investigative statutes so investigators can obtain electronic and wire communications in pre‑referral and related investigations. The change expands tools for military investigators while raising privacy and process cons… - Withdraw BLM land in New Mexico: mixed, low. If enacted, about 4,288 acres of BLM land in Placitas, New Mexico would be withdrawn from mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. Any conveyance of the surface estate would have to reserve mineral rights to the United States. - Administration changes to military health: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would give TRICARE managed care contractors one year for start‑up/transition instead of nine months. It would require exchanged health professionals to meet the licensure requirements that apply under current law. It would also centralize authority for the Defense Health Progra… - Indiana land swap and covenant change: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense could release a covenant that requires about 80 acres of prior park land to remain recreational only if the State conveys that 80 acres to the Reuse Authority and the Authority conveys about 100 acres of former industrial land to the State. The 100 acres given t… - New DoD procurement and construction rules: mixed, low. If enacted, DoD would be barred from buying televisions from manufacturers the Secretary finds are covered Chinese entities for contracts entered into after enactment. If enacted, DoD restorations could not enlarge a building's outer size beyond its pre-existing dimensions, with narrow safety excep… ## Related bills - 119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 - 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026 - 119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 - 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act - 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act ## Sources - [119-s-4784 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4784) ## Related - [119-s-2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2296) - [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541) - [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597) - [119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-688) - [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952) - [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4784 (as of 2026-10-31).