Overview
- The House plans a rules vote early afternoon followed by a final vote on the 3,086-page National Defense Authorization Act.
- The package codifies roughly 15 Trump executive orders, including authority to deploy active-duty troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, development of a 'Golden Dome' missile defense, and prohibitions on Pentagon DEI programs, and it provides a pay raise for service members.
- The bill authorizes $400 million in Ukraine security assistance in both fiscal 2026 and 2027, sets limits on reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe, repeals the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations, and lifts Syria sanctions under the Caesar Act.
- An oversight provision withholds a quarter of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office travel funds until Congress receives unedited videos of recent boat strikes and overdue Pentagon reports, including lessons from the Ukraine war.
- Republican leaders face defections from members including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greg Steube and Thomas Massie, attendance gaps from two Florida Republicans in Norway, and the option to suspend the rules if the procedural vote fails.