FY2026 NDAA: Status of Legislative Activity
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- S 2296119th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Nov 12, 2025 · Held at the desk.
- HR 3838119th Congress
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Sep 30, 2025 · Received in the Senate.
- HRES 682119th Congress
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3486) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.
Sep 9, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- HRES 936119th Congress
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect to waters of the United States and other matters, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3383) to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to the authority of closed-end companies to invest in private funds; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3638) to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3628) to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add a standard related to State consideration of reliable generation, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3668) to promote interagency coordination for reviewing certain authorizations under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1071) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Dec 10, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- S 1071119th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 18, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 119-60.
- S 1605117th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Dec 27, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 117-81.
- HR 2670118th Congress
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Dec 22, 2023 · Became Public Law No: 118-31.
- HR 5009118th Congress
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Dec 23, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-159.
- HR 7776117th Congress
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Dec 23, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-263.