Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
The bill tightens U.S. and allied controls and outreach to block Iran's access to UAS-related technologies—lowering threats to Americans and partners—while imposing compliance costs, risking supply‑chain and civilian-technology disruption, and raising diplomatic and oversight trade-offs.
Maverick Act
The bill allows a museum to acquire and restore historic F–14D jets at no purchase cost and shifts post-transfer liability away from the federal government, but it places significant financial, compliance, and reversion risks on the local nonprofit responsible for the aircraft.
Recognizing the achievements and contributions of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter to the national defense of the United States and its allies and honoring the dedication, service, and sacrifice of the United States Army aviators, maintainers, and support personnel who operate and sustain the Apache.
The resolution raises the profile of the Apache and domestic aerospace suppliers—supporting military interoperability and local manufacturing visibility—while remaining purely honorary and creating no binding funding, policy changes, or taxpayer protections.
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
The bill makes large, targeted investments to strengthen military readiness, domestic industrial capacity, technology adoption, and service‑member supports, but does so at the cost of substantial new spending, heavier administrative and compliance burdens, limits on certain rights and research collaborations, and risks of market distortions or implementation/operational tradeoffs.
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria.
The bill could expand resilient trans‑Atlantic connectivity and strengthen secure communications while increasing private‑sector opportunities and transparency — but it also risks higher federal costs, vendor restrictions, and gaps in public oversight if reporting is voluntary or details are moved to a classified annex.
Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025
The bill strengthens near‑term fighter modernization, ANG parity, and transparency to boost readiness and preserve local force structure, but does so at higher taxpayer cost, with procurement and flexibility trade‑offs, potential short‑term capability and safety risks, and added administrative burdens.
United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
The bill significantly deepens U.S.–Israel defense collaboration and funds accelerated R&D and deployment of defensive and advanced technologies—boosting military readiness and industrial activity—while increasing federal spending, raising risks of technology exposure and political entanglement, and delaying some near‑term congressional re‑evaluation.
Provide for the delivery of artificial intelligence functional bills of materials, and for other purposes.
The bill improves DoD visibility and security of AI supply chains and drives industry transparency, but imposes compliance burdens that may exclude smaller vendors, raise IP exposure risks, and create administrative costs for the DoD.
Require the Secretary of the Army to submit a report on efforts to support the production, testing, and sustainment of autonomous maneuver systems, components for such systems, and low-cost interceptors.
The bill pushes faster fielding and domestic scaling of autonomous systems to boost military readiness and strengthen supply chains, but creates administrative burdens and raises risks of accelerated, potentially expensive or misprioritized procurement without commensurate oversight.
Require a report on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Drone Center of Excellence within the Army National Guard.
The bill centralizes and standardizes National Guard UAS training and experimentation to boost readiness and enable advanced AI capabilities, at the cost of added spending and elevated safety, security, and AI-misidentification risks that require strong safeguards.
Require a drone posture review.
The bill increases visibility into U.S. drone capability gaps and strengthens congressional oversight to guide modernization, at the cost of consuming DoD resources and risking disclosure of sensitive vulnerabilities.
Space Superiority Readiness Act of 2026
The bill boosts U.S. Space Force readiness and transparency to better protect space-based services, at the cost of higher defense spending and risks of diplomatic tension or sensitive information exposure.
National Quantum Readiness Act of 2026
The bill expedites fielding and domestic development of advanced quantum sensors—strengthening military capability and the U.S. quantum industrial base—while increasing public costs and steering research and markets toward defense priorities that may favor large firms and constrain international collaboration.
Luxury JET Act
The bill prioritizes retaining military control and increasing transparency around foreign‑donated aircraft to protect security and taxpayer interests, but that oversight can restrict Pentagon flexibility, risk disclosure of sensitive details, and impose near‑term costs and staff burdens.
Unmanned System Command and Control Integration Assessment Act of 2026
The bill promotes interoperable, cyber-hardened unmanned-system command-and-control through clearer requirements, independent review, and defined standards—improving military effectiveness and informing civil integration—while shifting costs, imposing recurring compliance and procurement burdens, introducing information-security trade-offs, and risking slower deployments and constrained innovation because implementation must be funded largely from existing RDT&E resources.
FUSE Act
The bill funds a DoD pilot to evaluate printable energetic feedstocks that could improve munitions performance, supply-chain resilience, and safety standards, but it raises program costs, residual safety hazards, information-sharing limits that may slow innovation, and new compliance burdens for contractors.
Provide for a requirement for networked autonomous kinetic capability against small unmanned aircraft systems.
The bill strengthens brigade defenses and speeds sensor-to-shooter responses against small drones while increasing taxpayer costs, adding cyber/attack-surface risks, and raising the possibility of unintended kinetic engagements if safeguards are insufficient.
Require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to evaluate the safety, quality, and qualification pathways of printable energetic feedstocks for controlled additive manufacturing applications.
The bill pilots nonproprietary standards, safety assessments, and printable energetic feedstock evaluations to improve munitions safety, supply resilience, and reduce vendor lock-in, but it concentrates activity in a short, tightly controlled demonstration that could raise costs, limit participation, and slow broader industry innovation.
UNLOCK AUKUS Act
The bill aims to speed and simplify AUKUS defense exports to improve allied interoperability, but does so while risking expanded access to sensitive technologies, creating implementation uncertainty, and imposing new compliance costs.
Responsible Artificial Intelligence Defense Act of 2026
The bill increases safety, privacy, and oversight of Department of Defense AI and autonomous systems—reducing civil‑liberty and lethal‑use risks—while still allowing accelerated or waived deployments and exemptions that could undermine those protections and raise costs.
HALO Act of 2026
The bill raises DoD AI safety, testing, oversight, and civil‑liberties protections—improving reliability, human control, and transparency—but does so at the cost of higher program and administrative expenses, slower fielding and operational flexibility, and remaining risks from targeted exemptions and disclosure of sensitive vulnerabilities.
NEW HORIZON Act
The bill could improve military decision-making, resilience, and commercial space innovation by testing in-orbit data processing, but it creates significant security, cost, and operational risks that require careful mitigation and oversight.
Ultimate Human Responsibility in Defense Systems Act of 2026
The bill meaningfully increases safety, accountability, training, and oversight of autonomous weapons—reducing unintended harm and legal risk—while imposing higher costs, added bureaucracy, operational constraints in time‑critical scenarios, and potential security/transparency trade‑offs.
OASIS Act of 2026
The bill strengthens CENTCOM air and missile defenses and coalition interoperability—potentially protecting U.S. forces and supporting industry—but raises risks of higher taxpayer costs, technology exposure, and greater U.S. operational entanglement.
Secure and Accountable Military AI Act of 2026
The bill strengthens DoD oversight, human control, and incident reporting for high‑risk military AI—improving safety and accountability—but does so at the cost of significant compliance costs, potential delays to urgent deployments, and renewed civil‑liberty and transparency risks if carve‑outs or classified processes are overbroad.
Unmanned and Autonomous Systems Strategy Act of 2026
The bill strengthens U.S. and allied unmanned-system capabilities and supply‑chain resilience to improve mission effectiveness and maritime safety, but does so at higher taxpayer cost and with risks to privacy, partner diplomacy, and regional stability.
AIM HIGH Act
Creating a centralized aviation maintenance Center can raise maintainer proficiency, safety, and industry/academic collaboration, but it requires additional funding and risks local disruption and added bureaucracy.
IRONDOME Act of 2025
The bill substantially strengthens U.S. missile‑defense capacity and speeds delivery of new interceptors, sensors, and infrastructure—at the cost of large near‑ and long‑term taxpayer expenditures, environmental and community impacts, programmatic and technical risks from accelerated schedules, and potential geopolitical friction.
American Security Robotics Act of 2026
The bill strengthens national-security and supply-chain protection by banning UGVs tied to hostile foreign actors while trading off near-term procurement costs, possible operational gaps for agencies, and negative impacts on some contractors and small suppliers.
Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Act of 2026
The bill clarifies authorities and boosts regional air/missile defenses and military coordination to strengthen deterrence and oversight, but it increases the risk of higher U.S. defense costs, concentrates decision-making in DoD, and could escalate regional tensions or crowd out non‑military engagement.
