{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stefanik.house.gov/2025/12/stefanik-secures-defense-wins-for-the-north-country-in-ndaa-passes-provision-to-root-out-deep-state-s-illegal-weaponization", "Stefanik Secures Defense Wins for the North Country in NDAA, Passes Provision to Root out Deep State's Illegal Weaponization", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Elise M. Stefanik", "S001196", "stefanik.house.gov", "stefanik", "https://stefanik.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, today voted to pass the final version of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The final bill also included the passage of the FY26 Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) authorizing intelligence community (IC) activities for the next fiscal year.\n\n\u201cToday, I voted to pass the national defense authorization bill to support our troops, strengthen military readiness, and revitalize our defense industrial base. It also includes my important provision combatting the illegal weaponization of the deep state. As the chief advocate for Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division in Congress, I proudly delivered millions in funding to support the Fort Drum community in the North Country,\" said Chairwoman Stefanik.\n\nThe FY26 NDAA authorizes discretionary defense spending of $900.6 billion. In addition to the NDAA authorization, the Republican majority\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) included $150 billion in mandatory defense funding that provided over $1 trillion in funding for national defense in a single year for the first time ever. Even with this record investment, the bill still provides over $20 billion in savings as a result of the administration\u2019s efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse.\n\nThe bill also codifies all or part of 15 of President Trump\u2019s executive orders and 30 legislative provisions requested by the Trump administration, including codifying President Trump\u2019s push to restore meritocracy in our military.\n\nPreventing Weaponization of FBI in the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA)\n\nCongresswoman Stefanik successfully fought for inclusion of her congressional notification language that would ensure the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discloses any counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates seeking office.\n\nThe language, included in the FY26 Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA), prevents the FBI from secretly launching investigations into federal candidates to impact elections, as it did during the 2016 election, when then-FBI Director James Comey opened an illegal \u201ccounterintelligence investigation\u201d into President Trump. It was Congresswoman Stefanik\u2019s questioning of Comey in 2017 that led to the start of the investigation into the corrupt Crossfire Hurricane operation that resulted in fully clearing President Trump\u2019s name and exposing criminal acts from James Comey and the Obama Administration.\n\nStefanik also supported and worked to secure numerous provisions to support the North Country, Fort Drum, Rome Labs, military families, our national defense, and our allies and partners, including the following:\n\nFighting for Wins for Rome Labs\n\nAuthorizes $10 million in funding for a distributed quantum networking testbed for AFRL Rome.\n\nAuthorizes $5 million in funding for the development of the Agile, Assured, and Autonomous Battle Management Network and Readiness Accelerator at AFRL Rome.\n\nAuthorizes $2.5 million in funding for photonic quantum computing for Rome Labs.\n\nSecuring Wins for the Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division\n\nDirects the Secretary of War to provide a report to the congressional armed services committees on its efforts to promote missile defense systems.\n\nSecures a $70 million increase in funding for DoW Impact Aid schools for Fort Drum families and other military personnel families.\n\nSupporting Our Servicemembers and Their Families\n\nThe FY26 NDAA supports the Trump administration\u2019s budget request for a 3.8% pay raise for all servicemembers and improves housing, education, and access to childcare for military families.\n\nIncludes a provision to reduce challenges military families encounter when relocating across state lines, especially in terms of school enrollment, credit transfers, academic continuity, and access to special education services.\n\nDelivers $77 million for Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for fiscal year 2026 to benefit the operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.\n\nRequests a pilot program on childcare worker compensation to improve quality and affordability for military families.\n\nRequires a report detailing current regulations on cell phone usage in the Department of Defense Educational Activity (DoDEA) that operates K-12 schools on military bases to evaluate the harmful effects of screen time on students.\n\nSupporting Our Ally Israel\n\nModifies and extends the United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation through 2028 and authorizes an additional $80 million toward the cooperation.\n\nModifies and extends the United States-Israel Cooperation to Counter Unmanned Systems (C-UAS) in all warfighting domains and authorizes an additional $70 million toward the cooperation.\n\nAuthorizes a total of $350 million toward United States-Israel cooperative programs.\n\nEstablishes an emerging technology cooperation program with Israel and certain partner countries, led by the Irregular Warfare Technology Support Directorate of the Department of Defense, to conduct joint research, development, test, and evaluation in the areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, quantum, and automation.\n\nConvenes the U.S.-Israel Defense Industrial Base Working Group to study the potential for further defense industrial base integration between the U.S. and Israel.\n\nConfronting the CCP and Foreign Adversaries\n\nProhibits defense companies from contracting with the Department of Defense if they work with Chinese military companies or their subsidiaries.\n\nDirects a briefing on plans to enhance warfighting readiness across United States air assets to better prepare U.S. forces for the threats, distances, and geography that will cause challenges in the Indo-Pacific.\n\nPhases out DoD acquisition of Communist Chinese-affiliated computers and printers and prohibits procurement of 3D printers connected to US adversaries.\n\nCloses contractor loopholes to prohibit access to Department of Defense (DoD) sensitive data by persons who are not United States citizens following the discovery that companies like Microsoft exploited loopholes in federal guidance.\n\nKeeping Pace with Emerging Technologies in the 21st Century\n\nFunds next-generation weapons, AI, hypersonics, and unmanned systems to ensure America stays ahead of China, Russia, and any adversarial threat.\n\nImplements mandatory key performance objectives (KPOs) for evaluating civilian and military personnel in the defense workplace much like the civilian sector.\n\nAuthorizes the Department of Defense (DoD) to stand up at least two additional OnRamp Hubs through the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in fiscal year 2026, lowering barriers for nontraditional innovators and talent to work with DoD.\n\nStrengthening National Defense", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": 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