HR 3838, explained
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Active Received in the Senate. · Author: Mike Rogers (R-AL)
In plain English
This bill sets spending and policy for the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy's national security programs, and the Maritime Administration for the year 2026. It authorizes money for military equipment, research, and activities, and creates rules for how the military buys goods and services.
If this passes
What would actually change, according to the official CRS summary. No predictions, no opinions.
- The Defense Department would be allowed to buy or modify military items like aircraft according to rules set in the bill
- The military would be required to follow new rules for how it purchases equipment and contracts with businesses
- Active duty and reserve military personnel levels would be set at amounts specified in the bill
- New policies would apply to military health care, military pay, cybersecurity activities, and artificial intelligence programs
- Money would be authorized for the National Nuclear Security Administration, nuclear energy programs, and defense cleanup activities
Who's lobbying this bill
568 organizations reported lobbying activity
mentioning this bill. Federal lobbying reports list the bills an organization worked and its total quarterly lobbying spend, they don't say which side the organization took, and fees aren't itemized per bill.
Chamber Of Commerce Of The U.S.A.total lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 6 filings
$90.5M General Motors Companytotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 7 filings
$23.3M Amazon.Com Services Llctotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 5 filings
$21.9M Money and the vote
How the chambers voted, from official roll-call records.
House · On Passage2025-09-10
231–196 Lobbying organizations' PAC money, by vote
Where an organization lobbying this bill has an affiliated PAC (linked through the FEC's
own connected-organization records), this shows that PAC's direct contributions to the members on each side of the
vote. Contributions span whole election cycles and are not tied to any single vote; no causal link is asserted.
General Motors Companydirect PAC contributions to House members voting (2024 + 2026 cycles)
$510K → Yes (231) · $615K → No (196)
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Sources
- Bill text and CRS summary: Congress.gov.
- Lobbying activity: quarterly LDA reports filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House (lda.senate.gov).
- Votes: official House Clerk and Senate roll-call records. PAC contributions: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate transactions).
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