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S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker
S. 1071·119th Congress·Armed Forces and National Security
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 active : 1 Republican1 R
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;
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 PassagePassed312 yea, 112 nayDecember 10, 2025 · Roll call 320
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
32
0
0%
Middle
196
55
28%
Entrenched
191
55
29%
All
Committees and subjects
Committees
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
House Committee on Armed Services · HouseActivity not recorded
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.
sets policy for merchant mariner credentials, vessel safety, and oil pollution response; and
sets policy for the IC regarding artificial intelligence and biotechnology.
For additional information on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) see
In Focus IF10516, Defense Primer: Navigating the NDAA
, and
In Focus IF10515, Defense Primer: The NDAA Process
.
voting members
419
110
26%
: Pair any member who broke with one who stayed with their party: in 43% of those pairs, the one who broke had the higher swing score before the vote. Chance would be 50%.
Projections from swing-v2, computed with data from before the vote. Present and not voting never count as breaking.
Senate
On the MotionPassed77 yea, 20 nayDecember 17, 2025 · Roll call 648
How members in each band voted on this Senate vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote
VotedVoted yea or nay
BrokeBroke with party
Share
Swing
4
1
25%
Middle
61
12
20%
Entrenched
30
7
23%
All voting members
95
20
21%
: Pair any member who broke with one who stayed with their party: in 49% of those pairs, the one who broke had the higher swing score before the vote. Chance would be 50%.
Projections from swing-v2, computed with data from before the vote. Present and not voting never count as breaking.
Cory A. BookerDemocrat · New Jersey · Lean D+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
68Middle
9
Angus S. King Jr.Independent · Maine · Lean D+4Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
66Middle
10
Margaret Wood HassanDemocrat · New Hampshire · Lean D+2Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
64Middle
Ideology vs. swing score, Senate
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Swing score
SWING ZONE 70+Entrenched below 30
← More liberalDW-NOMINATE ideology scoreMore conservative →
Ideology is each member’s score. The cluster low on the chart includes the bill’s 2 sponsor and cosponsors in the Senate: they have already committed, so they score as entrenched.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 51.5 (needs 5.0).
S. 1071 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 648On the MotionA bill 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.
Motion Agreed toSame bill×3.0
S. 1071 · Dec 15, 2025 · Roll call 647On the Cloture MotionA bill 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.
Cloture Motion Agreed toSame bill×3.0
S. 1071 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 646On the Motion to ProceedA bill 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.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame bill×3.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 570On Passage of the BillAn original bill 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.
Bill PassedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 569On the AmendmentTo limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 568On the AmendmentTo reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 567On the AmendmentTo limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 566On the AmendmentTo amend title 32, United States Code, to clarify certain limitations on full-time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
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S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 565On the AmendmentTo prohibit the use of funds to procure or modify foreign aircraft for presidential airlift.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 564On the AmendmentTo require a review of the methodologies used to determine the amounts of locality-based comparability payments and to require the President's Pay Agent to conduct a pilot program establishing alternative models for determining the amounts of those payments.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 563On the AmendmentTo require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Oct 9, 2025 · Roll call 562
On the Amendment
To prohibit earnings on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository institution.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Sep 4, 2025 · Roll call 503On the Motion to ProceedAn original bill 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.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
S. 2296 · Sep 2, 2025 · Roll call 500On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedAn original bill 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.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5009 · Dec 18, 2024 · Roll call 677On the MotionA bill to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes.
Motion Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5009 · Dec 16, 2024 · Roll call 676On the Cloture MotionA bill to reauthorize wildlife habitat and conservation programs, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2670 · Dec 13, 2023 · Roll call 343On the Conference ReportA bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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.
Conference Report Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2670 · Dec 13, 2023 · Roll call 342On the MotionA bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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.
Motion Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2670 · Dec 12, 2023 · Roll call 341On the Cloture MotionA bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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.
Cloture Motion Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2670 · Dec 7, 2023 · Roll call 334On the Motion to ProceedA bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2670 · Nov 15, 2023 · Roll call 313On the MotionA bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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.
Motion Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
S. 2226 · Jul 27, 2023 · Roll call 212On Passage of the BillAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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.
Bill PassedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2226 · Jul 27, 2023 · Roll call 210On the AmendmentTo provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges.
Amendment RejectedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2226 · Jul 27, 2023 · Roll call 209On the AmendmentTo reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Amendment Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
S. 2226 · Jul 27, 2023 · Roll call 207On the AmendmentTo extend the period for filing claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for compensation under such Act for claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining.
