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S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker

S. 1071119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-60.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

Senate: passedAug 1, 2025
House: passedDec 10, 2025
President: Signed into lawDec 18, 2025

13 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2026 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill also sets forth policies and authorities for the Department of State, the Coast Guard, and the Intelligence Community (IC).

Among other elements, the bill

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

sets active duty and reserve component personnel strength levels;

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

sets policy regarding DOD acquisitions and acquisition management, including contracting authorities and domestic sourcing;

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

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

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

authorizes the National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Naval Petroleum Reserves, and Maritime Administration;

sets policy regarding the organization and workforce of the State Department;

sets acquisition and personnel policy for the Coast Guard;

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
House Committee on Armed Services · HouseActivity not recorded

Subjects

Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Africa
Air quality
Alabama
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Albania
Alliances

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Alternative treatments

Senate · 100 House · 433

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

How the House breaks down

39Swing 70–100
278Middle 30–70
114Entrenched 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.

Similar past votes, House

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Cosponsors

1 active

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Ted Cruz (R-TX)

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.