House Appropriations Committee Approves FY27 Defense Appropriations Act
Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 27.
The FY27 Defense Appropriations Act provides a total discretionary allocation of $1.072 trillion and enhances America’s strategic military advantage, strengthens support for service members and military families, optimizes the Department of Defense, disrupts transnational drug trafficking, and delivers on Trump Administration priorities.
The bill enhances America’s strategic military advantage by:
Providing $836 million to procure, for the first time, new-entrant low-cost munition systems and providing multiyear procurement authority.
Providing over $7.5 billion for hypersonic weapons and test infrastructure.
Providing over $2.9 billion for Defense Production Act (DPA), Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), and Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS).
Accelerating delivery of capability to the warfighter through over $1.7 billion for Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT).
Transforming autonomous and counter-small, unmanned aircraft system initiatives with $1 billion for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG) and $1.4 billion for the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401).
Strengthens support for service members and military families by:
Supporting President Trump’s priority of a military pay raise of 7% for all military personnel ranked E-5 and below, 6% for E-6 to O-4, and 5% for O-4 and above.
Providing an additional $15 million for the Military and Family Life Counseling Program, which provides counseling services to service members and their families to support operational readiness and resilience.
Optimizes the Department of Defense and improves transparency by:
Supporting business modernization efforts, including $250 million to accelerate the transition to a modern, secure, and audit-ready financial management environment.
Digitizing acquisition processes through $72.5 million for Acquisition Visibility.
Protecting and preserving competition and readiness by mandating a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA).
Modernizing requirements and resourcing by including $140.1 million for the Mission Engineering and Integration Activity and $92.7 million for Acquisition Integration and Interoperability.
Disrupts transnational drug trafficking by:
Providing $1.2 billion for counter-drug programs.
Increasing funding for the National Guard Counter-Drug Program.
Providing $464.8 million for United States Southern Command, which supports enhanced detection and monitoring, theater-wide operations, improved command and control, and increased force protection to pursue drug cartels and terrorist networks.
Transferring Mexico from United States Northern Command’s jurisdiction to United States Southern Command for better coordination and prioritization.
Delivers on Trump Administration priorities by:
Advancing the President's Executive Order 14409, Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security.
Furthering the President's Executive Order 14369, Ensuring American Space Superiority.
Supporting the President's Executive Order 14265, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base.
Continuing to ensure that no funding supports diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, Critical Race Theory, or abortion-related travel, consistent with Department of Defense policy.
Prohibiting the use of funds to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass that are no longer of use to the United States military.
Maintaining legacy provisions to prevent the closure or transfer of detainees from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
