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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

9 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

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

45Swing 70–100
204Middle 30–70
182Entrenched 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-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

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.