Congress approves big military spending locked in for years ahead.
H.R. 8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · Filed by Mike Rogers (R-AL) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 13, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill authorizes money for the military in 2027. It lets the military sign contracts that last many years. The bill requires the military to keep certain aircraft. It also requires the military to keep certain ships. It sets rules for buying fighter jets, destroyers, and submarines.
Who it affects
Defense companies that build weapons are affected. The military services that use these weapons are affected. Taxpayers pay for all of this spending.
One thing to notice
Once the military signs a long contract, Congress has less power to change spending each year. The military must keep some old aircraft instead of retiring them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- May 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
- Jun 4, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jun 4, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 12”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 212 (Roll no. 278)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
808 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 816 reports from Mar 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $181,640,948 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 3 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 100% of bills with any report.
Mike Rogers, who sponsored the bill, received $697,250 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $16,950,000 in 1 report
- Business Roundtable Inc — $6,950,000 in 1 report
- Amazon.com Services LLC — $4,360,000 in 1 report
- Lockheed Martin Corporation — $4,180,000 in 1 report
- Rtx Corporation and Affiliates — $3,860,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- authorizes — Gives official permission and approval to spend money.
- contracts — Deals to buy weapons or equipment over a set time.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (50,012 characters) on May 19, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 24, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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