HR 3838 Passed in House – FY 2026 NDAA

Yesterday the House passed HR 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, by a somewhat bipartisan (four Republicans voted Nay and 17 Democrats voted Aye) vote of 231 to 196. The House considered the bill over two days under a rule that authorized 298 amendments to be introduced during the debate on the bill.

Each of the eight cybersecurity amendments and one Space Geek amendment that I discussed in my rule post were approved by voice votes during four separate en bloc votes.

The bill now goes to the Senate that is currently considering their version of the bill (S 2296). Once that bill is passed, the Senate will take up HR 3838, substituting the passed S 2296 language, adopting the revised version, and sending it back to the House. The House could either adopt that version (unlikely) or request a conference committee to resolve the differences between the two versions of the bill. At some future date the conferenced version would be voted upon by both bodies.

Review – Bills Introduced – 7-15-25

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 67 bills introduced. One of those bills will receive additional attention in this blog:

S 2296 An 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. Wicker, Roger F. [Sen.-R-MS]

 

For more information on this bill, including legislative history for similar bills in the 118th, as well as a discussion in passing about a weather forecasting bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/bills-introduced-7-15-25 - subscription required.