House releases $901 billion Defense spending authorization bill, $9B over Trump's request

“This legislation includes important House-passed provisions to ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world and can deter any adversary,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said

Published: December 8, 2025 7:42am

Updated: December 8, 2025 7:56am

The House late Sunday released the text of the National Defense Authorization Act, which codifies several of President Trump's executive orders.

The 3,086-page bill was released on Sunday, and is about $8 billion more than what Trump initially requested in the budget, Deseret News reported. The NDAA codifies at least 15 of Trump’s executive orders, including those related to constructing the Golden Dome missile defense system; building physical barriers and deploying more troops to the southern border; and modernizing the development of weapons.

The bill also includes revitalizing the defense industrial base, and undoing "woke" policies enacted during the Biden administration.

“This legislation includes important House-passed provisions to ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world and can deter any adversary,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on Sunday. “It roots out Biden-era wokeism in our military and restores merit-based promotions and admissions to service academies, prohibits contracts with partisan firms, counters antisemitism, and halts harmful, unnecessary programs like CRT, DEI, and climate initiatives.”

The NDAA would require the FBI to notify Congress if the agency opens an investigation into federal candidates; repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force that authorized the U.S. to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait and the 2003 invasion of Iraq; include a 4% raise for active military members, and reinstate merit-based promotions and admissions to service academies; and restrict U.S. investments into Chinese businesses or technologies.

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