FY2027 NDAA provisions explorer — search the defense bill's key items and dollar figures

Answer 'what's in the 2027 NDAA and where does each part stand?' with the real provisions, not a headline.

What's Actually in the 2027 NDAA

FY2027 NDAA provisions explorer — search the defense bill's key items and dollar figures

Search the major provisions and toplines of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act — what each does, its dollar figure where one is published, and where it stands (House-passed, Senate committee, disputed, or blocked from a vote).

This bill is not law. These are provisions in the House-passed bill (H.R. 8800) and the Senate committee bill (S. 4784) as of July 22, 2026; figures and language can change in a House-Senate conference or be dropped entirely. Authorization amounts set policy and ceilings, not final spending.


Total authorization	Authorizes roughly $1.14 trillion for national defense in fiscal 2027 — the amount the administration requested for programs in the Armed Services committees' jurisdiction.	~$1.14 trillion	In House-passed bill; Senate committee version slightly lower
Increase over 2026	CBO estimates the bill authorizes about $252 billion (28%) more than the $891 billion in discretionary funding appropriated for defense in fiscal 2026.	+$252.4 billion	Per CBO cost estimate of H.R. 8800
Troop pay raise — baseline	The statutory across-the-board raise set by the Employment Cost Index formula, effective January 1, 2027, if Congress adopts no larger increase.	3.6%	Baseline in both chambers' bills
Troop pay raise — House (tiered)	The House backs the administration's tiered raise: 7% for junior enlisted (E-5 and below), 6% for E-6 through O-3, and 5% for O-4 and above.	7% / 6% / 5%	In House-passed bill; rejected by Senate committee
Troop pay raise — Senate (flat)	The Senate Armed Services Committee rejected the tiered plan and kept a flat 3.6% raise for all ranks, citing the 2024 Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation.	3.6% flat	In Senate committee bill (S. 4784)
Section 219 — U.S.-Israel defense tech	Directs the defense secretary to name a Pentagon 'executive agent' to run a U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative covering joint research, testing, and industrial cooperation.	—	In House-passed bill; amendment to strike it (Massie-Khanna) blocked from a floor vote
Shipbuilding jobs (Golden amendment)	Bars the Pentagon from sending U.S. shipbuilding work overseas and adds funding for another destroyer built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.	—	Adopted in House-passed bill
Indo-Pacific microreactor	Creates a program to deploy a transportable nuclear microreactor within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.	—	In House-passed bill
Indo-Pacific training environment	Establishes a synthetic (simulated) training environment to support Indo-Pacific operations.	—	In House-passed bill
Reconciliation defense funding (separate)	The budget request assumed about $350 billion in additional mandatory defense funding enacted through a separate reconciliation law — this is NOT part of the NDAA.	~$350 billion	Separate from the NDAA; excluded from H.R. 8800

How this is calculated

Each row summarizes a provision or topline as reported by Congress.gov, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service, and named member offices. Dollar figures are authorizations (ceilings and policy), not final spending, which is set later in appropriations. The status column reflects the legislative stage as of July 22, 2026, and notes where the House-passed bill (H.R. 8800) and the Senate committee bill (S. 4784) differ. Where no separate dollar figure is published for a provision, the amount is shown as a dash.

Data as of July 21, 2026 · verified July 21, 2026 · v1

Assumptions, limitations & sources

Assumptions

· Figures and text reflect the bills as they stood on July 22, 2026; a House-Senate conference can change or drop any of them.
· Authorization amounts set ceilings and policy; actual money is provided by separate appropriations bills.

Limitations

· This is not a complete list of the bill's many hundreds of provisions — it covers the items most in the news.
· The NDAA is not law: the full Senate must still pass its version, the chambers must reconcile in conference, and the president must sign it.
· Some provisions have no separately published dollar figure and are shown with a dash.

Sources

H.R. 8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 — U.S. Congress (Congress.gov), checked July 21, 2026
FY27 NDAA Resources — U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, checked July 21, 2026
SASC Completes Markup of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2027 — U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, checked July 21, 2026
Cost estimate for H.R. 8800 — Congressional Budget Office, checked July 21, 2026
FY2027 NDAA: Summary of Funding Authorizations (IN12703) — Congressional Research Service, checked July 21, 2026
Senate NDAA rejects White House's tiered military pay raise, proposes 3.6% increase — Federal News Network, checked July 21, 2026
Israel Defense Provision Blocked From House Vote Despite Bipartisan Push — Military.com, checked July 21, 2026
Golden wins NDAA amendment to block Pentagon from sending U.S. shipbuilding jobs overseas — Office of Rep. Jared Golden, checked July 21, 2026

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The story behind this tool

Politics

House passes $1.14 trillion 2027 defense bill, sending pay-raise and Israel-tech fights to the Senate

The House approved H.R. 8800, the roughly $1.14 trillion defense policy bill for fiscal 2027, on July 22 by a 219-206 vote. It now heads to the Senate, where a tiered troop pay raise and a contested U.S.-Israel defense-tech provision remain unsettled. It is not yet law.