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H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 8800119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Sponsored by Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-AL) · 1 active : 1 Democrat

Latest action: Received in the Senate.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJul 22, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

12 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2027 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs, activities, and military construction as well as the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE).

Among other elements, the bill

authorizes the procurement of various items, including aircraft and ships;

sets active duty and reserve component personnel strength levels;

sets policy regarding various aspects of military health care and military compensation;

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sets policy regarding DOD acquisitions and acquisition management, including contracting authorities and the acquisition workforce;

sets policy for various matters related to DOD interactions with foreign nations, including matters concerning Israel, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific;

sets policy for various matters related to DOD cybersecurity and artificial intelligence;

requires DOD to include projected demand for foreign military sales in certain contexts, including munitions production planning, sustainment planning for major defense acquisition programs, and decisions regarding production rate increases of defense articles;

requires DOD to establish an expedited qualification process for new domestic and allied sources of certain strategic materials, including specified metals, alloys, oxides, and magnets;

authorizes specified military construction projects and extends the authorization of certain projects from previous fiscal years; and

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed216 yea, 212 nayJuly 22, 2026 · Roll call 278

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	27	5	19%
Middle	304	8	3%
Entrenched	97	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Armed Services · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on Appropriations · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on the Budget · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on Homeland Security · HouseBills of interest - exchange of
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

37Swing 70–100
296Middle 30–70
98Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 125.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 638On PassageNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 636On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 635On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 634On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 633On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 629On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 628On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 627On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0

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H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 626On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 625On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 624On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8800 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 623On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame bill×3.0

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Adam Smith (D-WA-9)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4House Committee on Armed ServicesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 20% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
100Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaBroke with partyProjected: 100 Swing
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1House Committee on Armed ServicesOn the ballot
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Committee
Broke with party on 28% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
94Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaBroke with party
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 21% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaBroke with party
4
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 40% of 137 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
92Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaProjected: 92 Swing
ContactCall
5
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 36% of 138 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaBroke with party
6
Derek TranDemocrat · California 45th · Lean D+1House Committee on Armed ServicesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Committee
Broke with party on 6% of 43 similar votes
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: Middle
7
Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · New Hampshire 2nd · Lean D+2House Committee on Armed ServicesOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
Similar votes
Committee
Broke with party on 6% of 43 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: Swing
8
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 28% of 42 similar votes
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:YeaBroke with party
9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 10% of 91 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
87Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:NayProjected: 87 Swing
ContactCall
10
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
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Cross-pressure
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 6% of 43 similar votes
Today84Swing
Vote on passage, Jul 22, 2026:NayProjected at the vote: 85 Swing (today: 84)
Contact