Overview
- The House approved the FY2026 NDAA on a 312-112 vote after a narrow 215-211 procedural win that followed last-minute GOP switches.
- Lawmakers conditioned 25% of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds on delivering unedited videos and execute orders for recent boat strikes in the U.S. Southern Command region.
- The bill authorizes $400 million per year for two years for Ukraine and sets minimum U.S. troop levels of 76,000 in Europe and 28,500 in South Korea.
- Service members receive about a 4% pay raise, and the package advances major acquisition reforms while repealing the 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs.
- The compromise cuts climate and DEI programs and drops proposed IVF coverage and an anti-CBDC provision, with Senate consideration expected next.