The House Wednesday voted 312 to 112 to pass the $900.6 billion fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would authorize $25.96 billion in funding for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
The annual defense policy bill, which supports an $8 billion topline boost and wide-ranging acquisition reforms, now heads to the Senate for consideration. Ahead of the House’s vote, the White House released a statement of support for the NDAA and noted President Donald Trump would sign the bill once it reaches his desk.
“This is a good product that was worked in a bipartisan and bicameral fashion. This year, we focused a lot of our efforts this year on fixing the Pentagon’s broken acquisition process which is failing our warfighters. The FY26 NDAA includes a series of reforms to put commercial solutions first, eliminate regulatory burdens, end bureaucratic inertia, and put in place a system that will deliver capability to the warfighter at speed and scale. Fixing acquisitions will go a long way toward ensuring our warfighters are the most capable fighting force on the planet,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, said on the floor ahead of the vote.
The bill received largely bipartisan support with 115 Democrats joining all but 18 Republicans in supporting the measure.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the HASC ranking member, noted ahead of Wednesday’s vote that he would support the NDAA while offering reservations over the role House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had in working with the White House to adjust provisions in the bill, to include stripping a measure securing collective bargaining rights for Defense Department civilian employees.
“While I have concerns about how the Speaker and White House handled the final negotiations of the bill, the majority of this legislation reflects months of bipartisan negotiations done in good faith between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. While I do not support everything included in this bill, on balance I believe it deserves support,” Smith said.
Exchange Monitor affiliate Defense Daily first published a version of this story.