Eleanor Holmes Norton

Jul 22, 2026House vote #276 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 266Floor amendment 25

No

Require a report on reducing Defense Department civilian jobs

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would require the Defense Department, within 180 days after enactment, to report options for reducing its civilian workforce by 200,000. The report would assess current civilian staffing, recommend ways to reach the reduction while maintaining readiness and national security, analyze anticipated savings, and identify needed legal or administrative steps. The House rejected the amendment; its proposal was not added to the bill.

Context: The amendment concerns a report on options for reducing civilian employment; it does not itself order a 200,000-position reduction.

Jul 22, 2026House vote #275 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 261Floor amendment 20

No

Bar speed cameras on military installations

AI-assisted summary

The Harrigan amendment to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act would bar federal funds from being used to buy, install, operate, maintain, or contract for automated speed-enforcement cameras on military installations. It would also require existing systems to be removed within 180 days, while preserving commanders’ authority to enforce speed limits by other means and allowing cameras primarily used for security or other specified purposes. The House agreed to the amendment, 232–199; this vote adopted the amendment, not the underlying bill.

Context: The amendment text is the floor text dated July 22, 2026. It was offered to H.R. 8800, identified in the June 15 reported version as the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act; this amendment vote does not establish passage of the bill.

Jul 22, 2026House vote #274 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 259Floor amendment 18

No

Reject a national security investor clearance pilot program amendment

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would establish a Defense Department pilot program allowing eligible investors to sponsor security clearances for investment professionals supporting small- and medium-sized businesses developing national-security technologies. It would permit participation by any eligible investor and qualified cleared professional, without a numerical cap, while setting security safeguards and limiting the use of classified information. The House rejected the amendment, so these provisions were not added through this vote.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on the House floor on July 22, 2026; it does not establish the full content or final status of H.R. 8800.

Jul 22, 2026House vote #273 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 258Floor amendment 17

No

Adopt military chaplain protections and responsibilities amendment

AI-assisted summary

The amendment adds a Military Chaplains Modernization Act subtitle to the defense authorization bill. It sets out duties for Army, Navy, and Air Force chaplains, protects religious practices and confidential communications, bars certain compelled duties and retaliation, and makes violations subject to prosecution under military law. The House agreed to this amendment; that vote adopted the amendment, not the underlying defense bill.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on July 22, 2026; it does not establish the final text of the defense authorization bill or whether that bill passed.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #269 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 257Floor amendment 16

No

Reject military-family education-choice pilot program amendment

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have let the Defense Secretary run a pilot providing financial assistance to active-duty service members for dependents’ education, including private, faith-based, and charter schools, homeschooling supplies, and other approved costs. It also set goals to assess demand and effects on military-family readiness, with authority ending after the 2030–2031 school year. The House rejected the amendment, 214–216; this vote decided only whether to add that provision to the defense bill, not whether the bill itself passed.

Context: The amendment text shown is the version read on the House floor on July 21, 2026; the vote concerns that amendment, not final enactment of its proposal or passage of the underlying bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #268 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 256Floor amendment 15

No

Bar male students from female sports at DoD schools

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would require the Defense Department to ensure that Department of Defense Education Activity schools do not allow male students to participate in athletic programs designated for females. It would still allow males to train or practice with those programs if female students’ roster spots, participation opportunities, and related benefits are not displaced. The House agreed to this amendment to the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill; this vote adopted the amendment, not the bill itself.

Context: The amendment text is the version considered on July 21, 2026; the vote does not establish passage of the underlying bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #267 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 255Floor amendment 14

No

Add restrictions on TRICARE coverage of gender-related treatment

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would bar TRICARE from covering or furnishing defined gender-related medical treatment, including specified surgeries, hormone treatments, and puberty blockers. It provides exceptions for certain diagnosed conditions and for treating an infection, injury, disease, or disorder caused or worsened by such treatment. The House agreed to this amendment, adding its provisions to the defense authorization bill; this vote did not pass the bill itself.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on the floor on July 21, 2026; it does not establish the contents of any later version of the bill or its final enactment.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #266 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 254Floor amendment 13

No

Reject codifying the transgender military service ban

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have given Executive Order 14183, concerning military readiness, the force and effect of law. The order requires service members to serve in accordance with their biological sex, implementing a ban on transgender service members. The House rejected the amendment, 212–217, so this proposed change was not added to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act.

Context: The floor text states that the executive order would have the force and effect of law; the description of the order’s requirements comes from the amendment’s stated purpose. The vote rejected this amendment, not the underlying defense authorization bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #265 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 253Floor amendment 12

No

Set presumptive approval rules for firearms on defense facilities

AI-assisted summary

The amendment sets a process for Armed Forces members and Defense Department civilian employees assigned to specified U.S. defense facilities to request permission to carry firearms there. A designated commander may deny a request only for objective, clearly described, individualized reasons; the Defense Department must implement the process by December 31, 2027. The House agreed to the amendment by a 215–214 recorded vote. This vote adopted the amendment, not the full defense authorization bill.

Context: The supplied text is the amendment read on the floor; it does not establish the final enacted text or the final version of H.R. 8800.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #264 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 252Floor amendment 11

No

Rejecting a ban on most Ukraine security assistance funding

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have barred fiscal year 2027 Defense Department funds authorized by the bill or otherwise available from supporting Ukraine security assistance, except for security at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine. The House rejected the amendment, 76–350; this vote decided whether to add that restriction to the defense authorization bill, not whether to pass the bill itself.

Context: The explanation reflects the amendment text read on the floor; it does not establish the final text of the defense authorization bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #263 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 251Floor amendment 10

No

Reject limits on funding foreign troops’ exercise costs

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have barred Defense Department funds from paying costs for foreign military personnel taking part in U.S. military exercises, including travel, lodging, meals, and training. It allowed a national-security waiver, with advance notice and justification to Congress. The House rejected the amendment, 61–365; this vote decided only whether to add that restriction to the defense authorization bill, not whether to pass the bill.

Context: The amendment text read on the floor is the version addressed by this vote; the supplied background does not establish whether later versions of the bill retained this provision.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #262 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 250Floor amendment 9

No

Reject defense recycling amendment preempting nonidentical state rules

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have barred states and local governments from enforcing rules on mechanical scrap-metal processing or the disposal and recycling of defense articles unless those rules were identical to federal requirements. It excluded chemical treatment and related handling of waste from scrap processing. The House rejected the amendment, so it was not added to the bill; this vote did not decide whether to pass the defense authorization bill.

Context: Describes Amendment 9 as offered on July 21, 2026; the supplied records do not establish the final text of the underlying bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #261 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 249Floor amendment 8

No

Reject study of federal responses to state refining policies

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have required the Comptroller General, working with the Energy Information Administration, to study federal options for countering state actions that undermine refining capacity considered critical to national security. It called for examining regulatory preemption, national security waivers and other legal authorities, with California as a case study, and for reporting findings to Congress. The House rejected the amendment, so this study requirement was not added by this vote; the vote did not decide whether to pass the broader defense bill.

Context: The amendment was offered to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. The description reflects the amendment text offered on July 21, 2026, not a claim about the final bill's text or status.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #260 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 248Floor amendment 7

No

Allow federal easements for California’s Santa Ynez oil pipeline

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would authorize the Defense Department to acquire permanent easements along the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, including by condemnation, to keep crude oil flowing to California refineries that supply military installations. It would also provide for an operator license and limit state or local actions that could halt or substantially delay use of the easements. The House agreed to this amendment, 215–214; this vote was on the amendment, not final passage of the defense bill.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on the floor on July 21, 2026; the vote record does not establish the final text of the defense bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #259 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 247Floor amendment 6

No

Restrict court orders affecting certified defense fuel infrastructure

AI-assisted summary

The Hunt amendment would add protections for energy infrastructure that the Defense Secretary certifies as important to military readiness, fuel supply, or logistics. It would limit preliminary court orders that halt or restrict certified infrastructure, set expedited review rules, and allow certain state-court cases to be moved to federal court. The House rejected the amendment, so these provisions were not added by this vote.

Context: This describes the amendment text read on the House floor, not the full bill. The underlying bill was the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act; the vote rejected this amendment, not the bill itself.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #258 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 245Floor amendment 4

No

Remove voice-based drug-testing pilot from defense bill

AI-assisted summary

The amendment removed section 518, which would establish a pilot program using voice-based risk assessment technology to identify servicemembers for drug testing. The House agreed to the amendment, so that section was struck from the bill; this vote did not pass the defense bill itself.

Context: The bill’s dated summary describes the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; the amendment’s stated purpose identifies the subject of section 518. This vote concerns the amendment, not final passage of the bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #257 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 244Floor amendment 3

No

Reject an amendment preserving the cap on cadet athletic-service waivers

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have removed section 524 from the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Section 524 removes the existing statutory limit on how many cadets may receive alternative service obligations to pursue professional athletic careers; striking it would have preserved that cap. The House rejected the amendment, so it did not make that change to the bill at this vote.

Context: The available bill summary describes the version reported on June 15, 2026; it does not establish the final bill text or whether the cap was ultimately preserved.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #256 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 243Floor amendment 2

No

Bar foreign nationals from attending U.S. service academies

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have replaced section 521 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 with a ban on allowing people from foreign countries to receive instruction at the U.S. Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies. The House rejected the amendment, so this proposed restriction was not added by this vote. The vote was on the amendment, not passage of the defense authorization bill.

Context: Describes the amendment text offered on July 21, 2026; the supplied records do not establish the final text of the defense authorization bill.

Jul 21, 2026House vote #255 · 2026H.R. 8800H.Amdt. 242Floor amendment 1

No

Reject change to Afghanistan War Commission report deadline

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have struck section 1213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, which concerned the deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission’s final report, and kept the current statutory deadline. The House rejected the amendment, 65–361, so this proposed change was not adopted. This vote decided only the amendment, not whether the defense authorization bill would pass.

Context: The amendment text supplied for the floor says only to strike section 1213; its stated purpose identifies that section’s subject and proposed effect. The related bill summary is dated June 15, 2026, and does not establish the full text of the bill as considered on the vote date.

Jul 15, 2026House vote #245 · 2026H.R. 8595H.Amdt. 237Floor amendment 7

No

Rejecting a ban on United Nations funding in appropriations

AI-assisted summary

The amendment would have barred funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the act from being provided to the United Nations. The House rejected the amendment, so this vote did not add that prohibition to the bill. The underlying bill concerns fiscal year 2027 appropriations for national security, the State Department, and related programs; this vote was on the amendment, not passage of the bill.

Context: The available summary describes the bill as introduced; it does not establish the exact bill text at this vote. The amendment text does establish the proposed United Nations funding restriction.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

How they voted 85

Require a report on reducing Defense Department civilian jobs

Bar speed cameras on military installations

Reject a national security investor clearance pilot program amendment

Adopt military chaplain protections and responsibilities amendment

Reject military-family education-choice pilot program amendment

Bar male students from female sports at DoD schools

Add restrictions on TRICARE coverage of gender-related treatment

Reject codifying the transgender military service ban

Set presumptive approval rules for firearms on defense facilities

Rejecting a ban on most Ukraine security assistance funding

Reject limits on funding foreign troops’ exercise costs

Reject defense recycling amendment preempting nonidentical state rules

Reject study of federal responses to state refining policies

Allow federal easements for California’s Santa Ynez oil pipeline

Restrict court orders affecting certified defense fuel infrastructure

Remove voice-based drug-testing pilot from defense bill

Reject an amendment preserving the cap on cadet athletic-service waivers

Bar foreign nationals from attending U.S. service academies

Reject change to Afghanistan War Commission report deadline

Rejecting a ban on United Nations funding in appropriations