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The Senate Committee on Armed Services has legislative jurisdiction over military and defense.
The Senate Committee on Armed Services has legislative jurisdiction over military and defense.
Roger F. Wicker
Republican • MS
John F. Reed
Democrat • RI
Debra Fischer
Republican • NE
Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat • NH
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat • NY
Thomas Bryant Cotton
Republican • AR
Marion Michael Rounds
Republican • SD
Richard Blumenthal
Democrat • CT
Joni Ernst
Republican • IA
Mazie Hirono
Democrat • HI
Daniel Scott Sullivan
Republican • AK
Timothy Michael Kaine
Democrat • VA
Angus Stanley King
Independent • ME
Kevin Cramer
Republican • ND
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat • MA
Richard Lynn Scott
Republican • FL
Gary C. Peters
Democrat • MI
Thomas Hawley Tuberville
Republican • AL
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat • IL
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen
Democrat • NV
Theodore Paul Budd
Republican • NC
Eric Stephen Schmitt
Republican • MO
Mark Edward Kelly
Democrat • AZ
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat • MI
James E. Banks
Republican • IN
Timothy Patrick Sheehy
Republican • MT
AI Guardrails Act of 2026
The bill strengthens safeguards, transparency, and civil‑liberty protections around AI‑enabled weapons but preserves a temporary waiver that could permit risky autonomous force use and may slow deployments and increase costs while complicating some domestic intelligence activities.
Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
The bill aims to reduce diversion of military-grade weapons and illegal firearm/ammunition flows and strengthen background checks and oversight, but it also raises costs and operational limits for dealers and lawful purchasers and may narrow DoD procurement options, increasing costs and privacy concerns.
Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting Act of 2026
The bill increases transparency and curbs excessive contractor executive pay through clearer definitions, caps, and enforcement tools to improve procurement outcomes, but it also raises compliance and administrative costs, risks slowing awards and deliveries, and may hinder contractor flexibility and talent recruitment—potentially raising costs and complexity for taxpayers.
RECEIPTS Act
The bill aims to deliver significantly more reliable and timely DoD financial information (improving oversight and internal flexibility) at the cost of substantial near-term spending, added implementation burden, and a measurable reduction in some routine congressional reporting and external transparency unless safeguards are maintained.
Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026
The bill increases security and traceability of DoD freight by screening foreign military‑linked firms, creating a registry, and strengthening recordkeeping/enforcement, but does so at the cost of higher compliance burdens, potential exclusion of small carriers, short‑term capacity disruption, and near‑term regulatory uncertainty.
Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act
The bill extends education, retirement, and transition benefits to Guard members who support federal law-enforcement operations—improving support and incentives for those missions—but it also risks expanding the Guard's domestic law‑enforcement role, creating benefit inequities, and concentrating discretionary power in the Secretary of Defense.
Require the release of video of strikes conducted on September 2, 2025, against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command.
The bill increases rapid transparency and congressional oversight by requiring prompt release of strike footage, but it raises substantial risks to operational security, pressures DoD review processes, and creates administrative costs.
Rx ACCESS Act
The bill improves access and financial stability for pharmacies and TRICARE beneficiaries by guaranteeing higher reimbursements, fee protections, and increased oversight, but it raises program costs and may prompt contractors to tighten benefits or increase administrative burdens to contain expenses.
MOLD Act
The bill significantly improves health, transparency, and financial protections for military families in privatized housing—at the cost of higher compliance and administrative expenses that may be borne by contractors, the military housing system, or taxpayers, plus some short-term tenant disruptions and potential legal and privacy trade-offs.
Increase competition in Defense contracting, and for other purposes.
The bill expands access and competition by allowing commercial and non‑government experience to count and strengthens procurement integrity, potentially producing more cost‑efficient DoD contracts, but it raises short‑term administrative costs, can favor better‑resourced firms, and risks awarding work to companies less familiar with unique DoD requirements.
Shows active legislation in this committee's pipeline. Controversiality scores and analysis are AI-generated from the 119th Congress.
Stance scores range from -1 (opposes) to +1 (supports), based on bills referred to this committee in the 119th Congress. Confidence dot shown for high-confidence scores.
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